Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2026-10-23
Books mentioned on Spooky Science with Mary Roach
Could ghosts possibly be real? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Eugene Mirman explore ghost hunting techniques, spiritualism, and the non-corporeal plane of existence with Mary Roach and Joe Nickell.
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Spook by Mary Roach.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Spook
Spook is a humorous and investigative non-fiction book by Mary Roach that delves into the scientific pursuit of the afterlife and the human soul.
Discussed“but one of her books was called spook science tackles the afterlife and she was kind of agnostic on the issue she all she wanted to do was compile in her book a whole study of the stuff people did to investigate ghosts”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Ad read Lost in Space
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Passing Spook
“i won't go into the details because they're a little gross you'll have to read the book forget in the details spook by mary roach”
Passing Spook
“exactly well that was mary roach reflecting on some elements of her book spook i've got on the line joe nickel joe”