Episode · The Book Review · 2025-09-19
Books mentioned on Mary Roach Loves Writing About Weird Science
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Fuzz
Discussed“So, your last book was Fuzz. When nature breaks the law, it was about animals.”
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Bonk
Discussed“And that was true for Bonk too. This all the phases of sexual arousal. It's very distracting me going, 'Oh, are the earlobes engorging now?'”
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Gulp
Discussed“I remember there for Gulp. There was this guy in Food Valley. It's like the Silicon Valley of food in the Netherlands.”
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Stiff
Discussed“Stiff happened. The cadaavver element of it just happened because I was wandering through the basement of the UCSF medical school library.”
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Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Spook
“Joining me is the author of Stiff. She's the author of Spook. She's the author of Bonk.”
Passing Stiff
“Joining me is the author of Stiff. She's the author of Spook.”
Passing Bonk
“She's the author of Spook. She's the author of Bonk. And she is the author of Gulp.”
Passing Gulp
“She's the author of Bonk. And she is the author of Gulp. She is Mary Roach, the science journalist behind eight popular science books...”
Passing Replaceable You
“That was my conversation with Mary Roach about her new science book, Replaceable You. I'm Gilbert Cruz, editor of the New York Times Book Review...”