bookshelf.
"...reading is fundamental!"
-wedge (class act, 1992)
meet the books behind the podcast.
bad advice
or why celebrities, politicians, and activists aren't your best source of health information
this book helped inspire 'episode 6: adventures in popular health claims'. click here to learn more about this book.
bad pharma
how drug companies mislead doctors and harm patients
this book helped us create
'episode 21: adventures in guinea pigging'. click here to learn more about this book.
blink
the art of thinking without thinking
this book helped us make 'episode 31: adventures in thinking without thinking'. click here to learn more about this book.
don't cross your eyes
they'll get stuck like that!
this book helped us create 'episode 2: adventures in aftertastes" and
'episode 7: adventures in homemade pregnancy tests'. click here to learn more about this book.
do you believe in magic?
vitamins, supplements, and all things natural: a look behind the curtain
this book helped us create
'episode 6: adventures in popular health claims'. click here to learn more about this book.
cannibalism
a perfectly natural history
this book helped us create
'episode 39: adventures in corpse medicine'. click here to learn more about this book.
human wildlife
the life that lives on us
this book helped us create 'episode 55: adventures in human wildlife. click here to learn more about this book.
improvised medicine
providing care in extreme environments
this book helped us create
'episode 22: adventures in alien preparedness'. click here to learn more about this book.
packing for mars
the curious science of life in the void
this book helped us create 'episode 1: adventures in body odor'. click here to learn more about this book.
quackery
a brief history in the worst ways to cure everything
this book helped us create
'episode 39: adventures in corpse medicine'. click here to learn more about this book.
survival doctor's complete handbook
what to do when help is not on the way
this book helped us create 'episode 22: adventures in alien preparedness'. click here to learn more about this book.
the pain chronicles
cures, myths, mysteries, prayers, diaries, brain scans, healing, and the science of suffering
this book helped us create 'episode 12: adventures in pain'. click here to learn more about this book.
the ultimate survival medicine guide
...
this book helped us create
'episode 22: adventures in alien preparedness'. click here to learn more about this book.
veganissimo
a comprehensive guide to identifying and avoiding ingredients of animal origin in everyday products
this book helped us create
'episode 25: adventures in animal derived medicines'. click here to learn more about this book.
when there is no doctor
a village health care handbook
this book helped us create
'episode 22: adventures in alien prepareness'. click here to learn more about this book.
you are no so smart
why you have too many friends on facebook, why your memory is mostly fiction, and 46 other ways you're deluding yourself
this book helped us create
'episode 6: adventures in popular health claims, , 'episode 31: adventures in thinking without thinking', and 'episode 31.5: adventures in homemade pregnancy tests'. click here to learn more about this book.
the butchering art
joseph lister's quest to transform the grisly world of victorian medicine
this book helped to inspire 'episode 39: adventures in corpse medicine'. click here to learn more about this book.
bad medicine
misconceptions and misuses revealed, from distance healing to vitamin o
this book helped us create 'episode 2: adventures in aftertastes', 'episode 6: adventures in popular health claims', 'episode 10: adventures in hair loss', and 'episode 13: adventures in radiation'. click here to learn more about this book.
bad science
quacks, hacks, and big pharma flacks
this book helped us create 'episode 6: adventures in popular health claims'. click here to learn more about this book.
build the perfect bug out survival skills
your guide to emergency wilderness survial
this book helped us create 'episode 22: adventures in alien preparedness'. click here to learn more about this book.
don't swallow your gum!
myths, half-truths, and outright lies about your body and health
this book helped us create
'episode 2: adventures in aftertastes'. click here to learn more about this book.
campbell biology
(9th edition)
this book helped us create 'episode 3: adventures in body fat' and
'episode 4: adventures in body fat gone wild'. click here to learn more about this book.
chemistry
the central science
(9th edition)
this book helped us create 'episode 4: adventures in body fat gone wild' and 'episode 13: adventures in radiation'. click here to learn more about this book.
i contain multitudes
the microbes within us and a grander view of life
this book helped us create 'episode 55: adventures in human wildlife. click here to learn more about this book.
it's not rocket science
...
this book helped us create
'episode 3: adventures in body fat', 'episode 31: adventures in thinking without thinking', and
'episode 31.5: adventures in testing homemade pregnancy tests'. click here to learn more about this book.
physics
principles with applications
this book helped us create 'episode 48: adventures in crossfit'. click here to learn more about this book.
stiff
the curious lives of human cadavers
this book helped us create
'episode 39: adventures in corpse medicine'. click here to learn more about this book.
survival hacks
over 200 ways to use everyday items for wilderness
this book helped us create 'episode 22: adventures in alien preparedness'. click here to learn more about this book.
the professional guinea pig
providing care in extreme environments
this book helped us create 'episode 21: adventures in guinea pigging'. click here to learn more about this book.
the universe inside you
the extreme science of the human body
this book helped us create 'episode 10: adventures in hair loss', 'episode 13: adventures in radiation', 'episode 31: adventures in thinking without thinking', and 'episode 31.5: adventures in testing homemade pregnancy tests'. click here to learn more about this book.
what is life?
a guide to biology with physiology
this book helped us create 'episode 3: adventures in body fat', 'episode 4: adventures in body fat one wild', 'episode 10: adventures in hair loss', 'episode 31: adventures in thinking without thinking', and
'episode 31.5: adventures in testing homemade pregnancy tests'. click here to learn more about this book.
why do men fall asleep after sex?
more questions you'd only ask a doctor after your third whiskey sour
this book helped us create
'episode 2: adventures in aftertastes'. click here to learn more about this book.
your body
the missing manual
this book helped us create 'episode 1: adventures in body odor', 'episode 16: adventures in stretch marks',
'episode 40: adventures in ear wax', and 'episode 49: adventures in paper cuts'. click here to learn more about this book.