Book Club

Guests

• Alex & Me - Irene M. Pepperberg [1] Episode 134
• American Nerd, Good Kids - Benjamin Nugent [2][3] Episode 119
• The Alex Studies: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots - Irene Maxine Pepperberg [4] Episode 134
• Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live in Now--Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Everything - David Sirota [5] Episode 80
• A Bad Idea I'm About to Do: True Tales of Seriously Poor Judgment and Stunningly Awkward Adventure - Chris Gethard [6] Episode 46
• Burn Down the Ground: A Memoir - Kambri Crews [7] Episode 54
• Calling Dr. Laura - Nicole J. Georges [8] Episode 109
• Columbine - Dave Cullen [9] Episode 55
• Dad is Fat - Jim Gaffigan [10] Episode 113
• Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks & the Hidden Powers of the Mind - Alex Stone [11] Episode 75
• Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back - Michael Musto [12] Episode 26
• Fun Camp - Gabe Durham [13] Episode 124
• Gay Men Don't Get Fat - Simon Doonan [14] Episode 53
• George W. Bush: An Unauthorized Oral History - Tom Ruprecht [15] Episode 135
• Girl Walks into a Bar; Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle - Rachel Dratch [16] Episode 7
• Goddess of Vengeance - Jackie Collins [17] Episode 28
• Half Empty - David Rakoff [18] Episode 27
• Heathers (Deep Focus) - John Ross Bowie [19] Episode 21
• Here Comes Amazing You, The Jewish Lady, The Black Man and the Road Trip - Carol Sue Gershman [20][21] Episode 106
• Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls - David Sedaris [22] Episode 115
• My Life Is A Situation Comedy - Bill Persky [23] Episode 95
• The Petraeus Files - Ted Travelstead [24] Episode 107
• The Psychopath Test - Jon Ronson [25] Episode 82
  
• Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy - Emily Bazelon [26] Episode 116
• This Would Drive Him Crazy: A Phony Oral History of J.D. Salinger - Tom Ruprecht [27] Episode 135
• Zombie Spaceship Wasteland - Patton Oswalt [28] Episode 6
• Everything's Coming Up Profits: The Wonderful World of Industrial Musicals by Steve Young and Sport Murphy, Episode 143: "The Crime of Being Delicious"
• Hard Times: The Adult Musical in 1970s New York City by Elizabeth L. Wollman, Episode 146: "The Opposite of Rock & Roll"
• JFK Jr, George, & Me by Matt Berman Episode 178: "One of the Few Living People That Has A Ghost"
• Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs by Joshua Wolf Shenk Episode 180: "My Dog Hates Me"

Mentions

• Clapton: The Autobiography - Eric Clapton [29] Episode 135
• Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business - Dolly Parton [30]Episode 130
• Fifty Shades of Grey - E.L. James[31] Episode 87 G*d, If You're Not Up There, I'm F*cked: Tales of Stand-Up,
• In Cold Blood - Truman Capote [32]
• Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish: A Novel - David Rakoff [33] Episode 124
• Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson - Jeff Guinn [34] Episode 132
• Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town - Nick Reding [35] Episode 2
• My Passion for Design - Barbra Streisand [36] Episode 131
• Ode to Happiness - Keanu Reeves Episode 18 [37]
• Saturday Night Live, and Other Mind-Altering Mayhem - Darrell Hammond [38] Episode 37
• The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty [39] Episode 103
• The Holy Bible [40] Episode 134
• Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir - Margaux Fragoso [41] Episode 115
• What Purpose Did I Serve In Your Life - Marie Calloway [42]
• Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story - Peter Bagge [43] Episode 138
• Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs - Joshua Shenk, Episode 179