Audiobook Mixtape 2: Gift Ideas from the Ologists’ Brains

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From crisp cider to blistering lava, life advice, climate solutions, the comforts of venison stew, cockroaches in orbit, UFO culture, social justice, dongs, worms, wasps, fireflies, bear orgies, makeouts, disasters, the deep ruts of the patriarchy, and desperate horny bugs. This second-ever “Audiobook Mixtape” has it all. So if you’re near a fireplace but have no book, or haven’t started holiday shopping (like your dear old Dadward VonPodcast) let this casserole of literary snippets serve as a refresher of favorite episodes, a teaser for ones you haven’t heard or just a gentle nudge toward a bookshop.

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2019’s Audiobook Mixtape 1 episode

A donation went to 826LA.org

ALL THEM BOOKS

Gabe Cook – Ciderology (DELICIOUS APPLE BEVERAGE)
Episode: Ciderology
Book Title: Modern British Cider
Publisher/Date: CAMRA Books, released 09/06/21

Dr. Robin Dunbar – Philematology (KISSING)
Episode: Philematology
Book Title: “The Science of Love”
Publisher/Date: Wiley Nov 2012
Upcoming book: “Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships”
Publisher/Date: Little Brown and Co, UK. Jan 2022

Dr. Emily Willingham – Phallology (PENISES)
Episode: Phallology
Book Title: Phallacy: Life Lessons from the Animal Penis
Publisher/Date: Avery, 09/22/20
Upcoming book: The Tailored Brain: From Ketamine, to Keto, to Companionship, A User’s Guide to Feeling Better and Thinking Smarter
Publisher: Basic Books, 12/14/21

Dr. Oné Pagán – Planariology (VERY COOL WORMS, I PROMISE)
Episode: Planariology
Book Title: “The First Brain: The Neuroscience of Planarians”
Publisher/Date: Oxford University Press, 04/17/14
New book: Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins: A Trip Through the World of Animal Intoxication
Publisher/Date: Benbella Books, 11/16/21

Eric Eaton – Spheksology (WASPS)
Episode: Spheksology
Book Title: Wasps: The Astonishing Diversity of a Misunderstood Insect
Publisher/Date: Princeton University Press, 03/09/21

Dr. Sara Lewis – Sparklebuttology (FIREFLIES)
Episode: Sparklebuttology
Book Title: Silent Sparks: The Wondrous World of Fireflies
Publisher/Date: Princeton University Press, 04/26/16

Dr. Gene Kritsky – Cicadology (CICADAS)
Episode: Cicadology
Book Title: Periodical Cicadas: The Brood X Edition
Publisher/Date: Ohio Biological Survey, 02/26/21
Also his app! Cicada Safari

Chris Morgan – Ursinology (BEARS)
Episode: Ursinology
Book Title: Bears of the Last Frontier: The Adventure of a Lifetime among Alaska's Black, Grizzly, and Polar Bears
Publisher/Date: Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 04/01/11

Dr. John Bates – Oology (EGGS)
Episode: Oology
Book Title: The Book of Eggs: A Life-Size Guide to the Eggs of Six Hundred of the World's Bird Species
Publisher/Date: University of Chicago Press, 03/28/14

Jess Phoenix – Vulcanology (VOLCANOES)
Episode: Volcanology
Book Title: Ms. Adventure
Publisher/Date: Workman Publishing, 03/02/21

Dr. Alice Gorman — Space Archaeology (SPACE JUNK)
Episode: Spacearchaeology
Book Title: Dr. Space Junk vs The Universe
Publisher/Date: The MIT Press, October 2019

Dr. Kevin Peter Hand – Astrobiology (ALIENS)
Episode: Astrobiology
Book Title: Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space
Publisher/Date: Princeton University Press, 04/7/20

Sarah Scoles – UFOlogy (UNEXPLAINED AERIAL PHENOMENA)
Episode: Ufology
Book Title: They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers
Publisher/Date: Pegasus Books, 03/03/20

Dr. Samantha Montano – Disasterology (DISASTERS)
Episode: Disasterology
Book Title: Disasterology: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis
Publisher/Date: Park Row, 08/03/21

Dr. Amy Christianson — Indigenous Fire Ecology (GOOD FIRE)
Episode: Indigenous Fire Ecology
Book Title: First Nations Wildfire Evacuations: A Guide for Communities and External Agencies
Publisher/Date: Purich Publishing, 03/03/21

Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson – Oceanology (OCEANS)
Episode: Oceanology
Book Title: All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
Publisher/Date: Penguin Randomhouse, 09/2020

Dr. Kara Cooney – Egyptology (ANCIENT EGYPT)
Episode: Egyptology
Book Title: The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World
Publisher/Date: Nat Geo, 11/21

Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman – Economic Sociology (MONEY/FREAKONOMICS)
Episode: Economic Sociology
Book Title: The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for a Broken System
Publisher/Date: St. Martin's Press, 02/01/22

Dr. Robert Proctor – Agnotology (IGNORANCE)
Episode: Agnotology
Book Title: Agnotology: The Making and Unmaking of Ignorance
Publisher/Date: Stanford University Press, 2008

Rose Eveleth – Futurology (THE FUTURE)
Episode: Futurology
Book Title: Flash Forward: An Illustrated Guide to Possible (And Not So Possible) Tomorrows
Publisher/Date: Abrams, 04/20/21
Flash Forward event: Dec. 17th , 5PM PT

Stephen Hanks – Genealogy (FAMILY TREES)
Episode: Genealogy
Book Title: “1619 -- Twenty Africans (2020),” and “Akee Tree (2013)” and “Three Brothers - 1626: The Ancestry of the World up to 1626 and Beyond to Our Day” (March 2021)
Publisher/Date: Inkwater Press

Dr. Joseph R. Ferrari — Volitional Psychology (PROCRASTINATION)
Episode: Volitional Psychology
Book Title: Still Procrastinating? The No Regrets Guide to Getting It Done
Publisher/Date: Wiley, 09/01/10

Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley – Coronasode: QUARANTINOLOGY
Episode: Quarantinology
Book Title: Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine
Publisher/Date: MCD, 07/20/21

Neil Pasricha – Awesomeology (GRATITUDE FOR LITTLE THINGS)
Episode: Awesomeology
Book Title: The Happiness Equation
Publisher/Date: Penguin Publishing Group, 12/2016

Megan Rosenbloom – Anthropodermic Biocodicology (HUMAN SKIN BOOKS)
Episode: Anthropodermic Biocodicology
Book Title: Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
Publisher/Date: Macmillan, 10/20/20