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"...reading is fundamental!"
-wedge (class act, 1992)
meet the books behind the podcast.

this book helped inspire 'episode 6: adventures in popular health claims'. click here to learn more about this book.
or why celebrities, politicians, and activists aren't your best source of health information
bad advice

this book helped us create
'episode 21: adventures in guinea pigging'. click here to learn more about this book.
how drug companies mislead doctors and harm patients
bad pharma

this book helped us make 'episode 31: adventures in thinking without thinking'. click here to learn more about this book.
the art of thinking without thinking
blink

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.
they'll get stuck like that!
don't cross your eyes

this book helped us create
'episode 6: adventures in popular health claims'. click here to learn more about this book.
vitamins, supplements, and all things natural: a look behind the curtain
do you believe in magic?

this book helped us create
'episode 39: adventures in corpse medicine'. click here to learn more about this book.
a perfectly natural history
cannibalism

this book helped us create 'episode 55: adventures in human wildlife. click here to learn more about this book.
the life that lives on us
human wildlife

this book helped us create
'episode 22: adventures in alien preparedness'. click here to learn more about this book.
providing care in extreme environments
improvised medicine

this book helped us create 'episode 1: adventures in body odor'. click here to learn more about this book.
the curious science of life in the void
packing for mars

this book helped us create
'episode 39: adventures in corpse medicine'. click here to learn more about this book.
a brief history in the worst ways to cure everything
quackery

this book helped us create 'episode 22: adventures in alien preparedness'. click here to learn more about this book.
what to do when help is not on the way
survival doctor's complete handbook

this book helped us create 'episode 12: adventures in pain'. click here to learn more about this book.
cures, myths, mysteries, prayers, diaries, brain scans, healing, and the science of suffering
the pain chronicles

this book helped us create
'episode 22: adventures in alien preparedness'. click here to learn more about this book.
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the ultimate survival medicine guide

this book helped us create
'episode 25: adventures in animal derived medicines'. click here to learn more about this book.
a comprehensive guide to identifying and avoiding ingredients of animal origin in everyday products
veganissimo

this book helped us create
'episode 22: adventures in alien prepareness'. click here to learn more about this book.
a village health care handbook
when there is no doctor

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.
why you have too many friends on facebook, why your memory is mostly fiction, and 46 other ways you're deluding yourself
you are no so smart

this book helped to inspire 'episode 39: adventures in corpse medicine'. click here to learn more about this book.
joseph lister's quest to transform the grisly world of victorian medicine
the butchering art

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.
misconceptions and misuses revealed, from distance healing to vitamin o
bad medicine

this book helped us create 'episode 6: adventures in popular health claims'. click here to learn more about this book.
quacks, hacks, and big pharma flacks
bad science

this book helped us create 'episode 22: adventures in alien preparedness'. click here to learn more about this book.
your guide to emergency wilderness survial
build the perfect bug out survival skills

this book helped us create
'episode 2: adventures in aftertastes'. click here to learn more about this book.
myths, half-truths, and outright lies about your body and health
don't swallow your gum!

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.
(9th edition)
campbell biology

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.
the central science
(9th edition)
chemistry

this book helped us create 'episode 55: adventures in human wildlife. click here to learn more about this book.
the microbes within us and a grander view of life
i contain multitudes

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.
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it's not rocket science

this book helped us create 'episode 48: adventures in crossfit'. click here to learn more about this book.
principles with applications
physics

this book helped us create
'episode 39: adventures in corpse medicine'. click here to learn more about this book.
the curious lives of human cadavers
stiff

this book helped us create 'episode 22: adventures in alien preparedness'. click here to learn more about this book.
over 200 ways to use everyday items for wilderness
survival hacks

this book helped us create 'episode 21: adventures in guinea pigging'. click here to learn more about this book.
providing care in extreme environments
the professional guinea pig

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.
the extreme science of the human body
the universe inside you

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.
a guide to biology with physiology
what is life?

this book helped us create
'episode 2: adventures in aftertastes'. click here to learn more about this book.
more questions you'd only ask a doctor after your third whiskey sour
why do men fall asleep after sex?

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.
the missing manual