Audiobook Mixtape: Gift Ideas from the Ologists’ Brains

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Need holiday gift ideas? GET BOOKS. This episode is like an audiobook… but also a mixtape? It’s got a little bit of everything, from cozy cabin tales to dark caves to our own reflections, how your atoms will be recycled, New Year’s resolutions, cat training, dog rescues, battling past demons, aging, the apocalypse, crime TV and even Egyptian boobytraps. Alie has wanted to deliver excerpts from ologists’ books for over a year but she let them pile up for an even bigger compilation. Consider this like a refresher of some episodes you’ve loved, a teaser for ones you haven’t yet heard, and a sneak preview of books written by the pod’s beloved guests.

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Hygge

Cabinology: Dale Mulfinger 

Cabinology: A Handbook to Your Private Hideaway,” Taunton Press,  2008


Somnology: Dr. Chris Winter 

The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It” 


Mixology: Matthew Biancianello 

Eat Your Drink: Culinary Cocktails,” Dey Street Books, 2016

Pre-order his new book “Omakocktail” now! 


Cucurbitology: Anne Copeland

Pumpkin, Pumpkin: Folklore, History, Planting Hints and Good Eating,” 3rd Edition 2019



Critters

Entomology: Lila Higgins

Wild LA: Explore the Amazing Nature in and Around Los Angeles,” Timber Press, 2019


Herpetology: Dr. Davis Steen

Secrets of Snakes: The Science beyond the Myths,” Texas A&M University Press; 2019


Chiropterology: Dr. Merlin Tuttle 

The Secret Lives of Bats: My Adventures with the World's Most Misunderstood Mammals,” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018


Cynology: Brandon McMillion

Lucky Dog Lessons: Train Your Dog in 7 Days” Harper One, 2018


Felinology: Dr. Mikel Delgado 

Total Cat Mojo: The Ultimate Guide to Life with Your Cat,” TarcherPerigree, 2017



Our brains & bodies

Matrimoniology: Dr. Ben Karney 

Love Me Slender: How Smart Couples Team Up to Lose Weight, Exercise More, and Stay Healthy Together,” Atria Books; Reprint edition, 2014, Co-written by Dr. Thomas Bradbury 


Victimology: Dr. Callie Rennison

Introduction to Criminal Justice: Systems, Diversity, and Change,” Sage Publications, 2019 

Women Leading Change in Academia: Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Cliff, and Slipper,” Cognella Academic Publishing, 2019

Biogerontology: Dr. Caleb Finch 

The Biology of Human Longevity: Inflammation, Nutrition, and Aging in the Evolution of Lifespans,” Academic Press, 2010


Sports Psychology: Dr. Sari Shepphird

100 Questions and Answers about Anorexia Nervosa,” Jones & Bartlett Learning; 2009 


Kalology: Dr. Renee Engeln

Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women,” 2018 Harper Paperbacks, 2018




History

Mythology: Dr. John Bucher

Storytelling for Virtual Reality,” Routledge, 2017


Egyptology: Dr. Kara Cooney 

When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt,” National Geographic, 2018



Physics/Existential Crisis

Quantum Ontology: Dr. Adam Becker

What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics,” Basic, 2018


Cosmology: Dr. Katie Mack

The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking),” Scribner, June 2020


Eschatology: Phil Torres 

Morality, Foresight, and Human Flourishing: An Introduction to Existential Risks,” Pitchstone Publishing, 2017

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