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Peculiar Book Club Podcast — 175 episodes
We're pushing the limits with Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein and The Edge of Space-Time
There will be plenty of finger pointing with Damon Young and Immortal Gestures
Your curiosity will be peaked with Carly Anne York and The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog
We've got the key to A Perfect Murder (Peculiar Movie Club)
You'll love the Kool-Aid with Jane Borden and Cults Like Us
Let's Party with Daniel Stables and Fiesta
We're staying alive with Ashely Alker and 99 Ways to Die
We've been infected by The Faculty (Peculiar Movie Club)
It's a sinister tale with Hallie Rubenhold and Story of a Murder
We're puckering up for Eileen G'Sell and Lipstick
You better hold your breath with Matthew Gavin Frank and Submersed
We're getting extra Peculiar with Jessica McCann and Peculiar Savage Beauty
We're bugging out to talk to Mindy Weisberger and Rise of the Zombie Bugs
It's an Unchained conversation with Ghost (Peculiar Movie Club)
We're Inviting you to listen to Sarah Weinman and Without Consent
We'll Bring the Christmas Ghosts with the Lady Aye and WHEN WE SPOKE TO THE DEAD
We're having a smart conversation with Anika Burgess and Flashes of Brilliance
The conversation is simmering with Julie and Julia (Peculiar Movie Club)
We're Cooking up Something GOOD with Christina Ward (just in time for the holidays)
We're feeling free to express ourselves with Andy Kirshner and SEX RADICAL
We're howling about a An American Werewolf in London...Happy Halloween!!! (Peculiar Movie Club)
We are fighting back with A Vigilante (Peculiar Movie Club)
Solve a New Mystery with Brandy Schillace and THE DEAD COME TO STAY
We're bringing the big guns with Nicholas Wright and Warhead
If you bring the cookies we'll bring the Milk (Peculiar Movie Club, Plus a short review of Wag the Dog)
Don't Get Irritated! Theresa MacPhail Reveals that Allergies are Nothing to Sneeze at
It's the time of the season for Al Ridenour and A Season of Madness
MARY ROACH is Un-Replaceable!
We're acquiring knew knowledge with Angus Fletcher and Primal Intelligence
Put on your Sunday best for John Fugelsang and Separation of Church and Hate
You're in the big LEAGUE with Lisa Perrin's LADY POISONERS
You'll wonder what we're on when we talk to Sam Kelly and Human History on Drugs
What Have We Got in our POCKETSES? Find out with Hannah Carlson!
We're using our outer voice to tell you about Elizabeth Greenwood and Everyday Intuition
It's the perfect Match with Aisha Saed and The Matchmaker (Peculiar Mystery Club)
We'll bring you some relief with Tom Zeller and The Headache
We promise we've scripted nothing with Matthew Goldman and The Murder Show
We have a sense you'll like this conversation with Sam Kean and Dinner with King Tut
We're Fighting Disinformation with Annalee Newitz and STORIES ARE WEAPONS
You'll really dig our conversation with Elle Cosimano and Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave
Fight for Science and Transgender Rights with Brandy Schillace!
You're in the club with Christopher Yates and The Rabbit Club (Peculiar Mystery Club)
The summit is in sight with Sherpa (Peculiar Movie Club)
We're shuffling the deck with Krisit Belcamino and Queen of Spades (Peculiar Mystery Club)
It's Time to Get Your Dancing Shoes (and Climbing Gear?) with Mimi Zieman
It's a long way down with Matthew Gavin Frank and Submersed
Come Dig Up Some Flora-Fossils with Riley Black and Bethany Brookshire
We're all a buzz about The Fly (Peculiar Movie Club)
We're giving credit where credit is due with Allison Tyra and Uncredited
There are Monsters Among Us with Surekha Davies and HUMANS
We've got a long climb with Chuck Wendig and The Staircase in the Woods (Peculiar Mystery Club)
We're making a splash with Free Willy (Peculiar Movie Club)
We're having a sobering discussion with Abbi Waxman and One Death at a Time (Peculiar Mystery Club)
Join Us for a "Killer" Show about WHALES! We're on the Seas with Hanne Strager
We'll All Be Faithful Unto DEATH with Paul Koudounaris
We'll bring the road trip snacks with Sarah Kendzior and The Last American Road Trip
You're Getting a BRAND NEW appreciation for the Female Body with Cat Bohannon and Eve
We're Killing it with Deanna Raybourn and Kills Well with Others (Peculiar Mystery Club)
We will seek out new life with Star Trek: The Next Generation (Peculiar Movie Club)
Slow down, take a breath with Carl Zimmer and Air-Borne
We'll Discover the Possibility of LIFE with Jaime Green!
We'll have you believing in Lydia Kang and Pseudoscience
Our minds and bodies will be linked with Pamela Ryckan and Candace Pert
We've got the optics on The Invisible Man (Peculiar Movie Club)
You might struggle to see us with Gregory Gbur and Invisibility
We've got some real bite with Interview with the Vampire (Peculiar Movie Club)
We'll give you something to Chew On with Bill Schutt and Bite: A Natural History of Teeth
We'll dance around the issues with Black Swan (Peculiar Movie Club)
We're bringing the Pain with Leigh Cowart (and Rachel Feltman) and Hurt So Good
We're on the case with An Inspector Calls (Peculiar Movie Club)
You're going to need a drink to watch Grabbers (Peculiar Movie Club)
You are all Suspects with Brandy Schillace and The Framed Women of Ardemore House
You're going to be Obsessed with Maria Dong and Liar, Dreamer, Thief
You're wondering what we have to say about Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (Peculiar Movie Club)
One thing will lead to another with Lucy Santos and Chain Reactions
Amit Katwala (Tremors in the Blood) and Patti McCracken (Angel Makers) plus Deborah Blum
We've got trouble, right here on the Peculiar Book Club, with The Music Man (Peculiar Movie Club)
We'll confess our crimes with Dean Jobb and A Gentleman Thief
The chase is on for Moby Dick (Peculiar Movie Club)
We're having a Whale of a Time with Daniel Kraus (and Mary Roach) and Whalefall
This episode will be a real Beauty with Zara Stone and Killer Looks
Make sure to Scrub In for Anthony Chin-Quee and I Can't Save You
We are traveling the stars with 2001: A Space Odyssey (Peculiar Movie Club)
Hey Siri, put on the Peculiar Book Club with Liz Faber (and Rebecca Gibson) and The Computer Voice
We are making contact with Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Peculiar Movie Club)
We're following the Law with AJ Jacobs and The Year of Living Constitutionally
We're Invading your Minds with Marc Hartzman and We Are Not Alone
You'll really Dig our conversation with Greg Melville and Over My Dead Body
We are getting Microscopic with Innerspace (Peculiar Movie Club)
You'll fall in love with Wendy Moore and Jack and Eve
We are Positively Charged to talk with Dan Levitt and What's Gotten Into You
We're on a Collision Course with Don't Look Up (Peculiar Movie Club)
You won't be able to Deny what you learn from Sheril Kirshenbaum and Unscientific America
ASK US ANYTHING! Our first open show!
We're showing off our flair bartending with Cocktail (Peculiar Movie Club)
Glam up for revolution with GLITTER AND CONCRETE - A Cultural History of Drag in New York by Elyssa Max Goodman.
You're Guaranteed to get Tipsy with Camper English and Doctors and Distillers
You're really bugging us for Bethany Brookshire and Pests
Trust us, there's a lot of fun things to talk about with Antitrust (Peculiar Movie Club)
We're pulling a Job with Cory Doctorow and The Internet Con
Getting into the Peculiar Holiday Spirit with The Nightmare Before Christmas (Peculiar Movie Club)
We have the Power with Masters of the Universe (Peculiar Movie Club)
Wonder Woman? He-Man? Yes, please! An evening with Amanda Deibert!
It's a Differential Diagnosis with the TV Show House (Peculiar Movie Club)
AROUSE yourself with Randi Hutter Epstein and the history of HORMONES
It's an extra Halloween Treat with The Wicker Man (Peculiar Movie Club)
Get SHOCKED and AMAZED for HALLOWEEN!
Get SPOOKY with Mary Roach!
Ride along with the Dalton Gang and The Pale Door (Peculiar Movie Club)
Find your THRILL with Alex Grecian and Red Rabbit!
It's a classic monster movie with The Bride of Frankenstein (Peculiar Movie Club)
Go Back to the FUTURE (of life on Earth) with Rob Dunn!
Be Peculiar with Riva Lehrer, the Artist behind GOLEM GIRL!
We're taking a deep dive with Daniel Kraus and Whalefall!
It's a memorable episode with Little Fish (Peculiar Movie Club)
Catch The Memory Thief with Lauren Aguirre!
Hauling like a Brooligan with Stephen Gallagher!
We're on an epic journey with How the West Was Won (Peculiar Movie Club)
Trek Your Way to Saving Yellowstone!
Get Puzzled with A.J. Jacobs!
We're getting a full serving of veggies with Minari (Peculiar Movie Club)
Join us for THE EVENING HERO--a PBC fiction book choice!
Search the Hidden Realms in An Immense World
Let's Get (Astro)Physical with Katie Mack!
We're learning about the legendary RBG with On the Basis of Sex (Peculiar Movie Club)
Fight for your Rights with Ordinary Equality!
We're cookin' up something tasty with Eat Pray Love (Peculiar Movie Club)
Un-Break Your Heart with Florence Williams!
Peer Behind the Veil with Jill Tracy and Secret Music!
Things are getting steamy and complicated with Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Peculiar Movie Club)
Bring on the DRAMA! It's the Gilded Edge
Bone Up on What the Dog Knows!
We'll search for the answer to infection with 28 Days Later (Peculiar Movie Club)
Get Bitten (actually, don't) with Kris Newby on the Secret History of Lyme
We'll leave you moaning with Damon Young and On Getting Off
We know you're anxious to talk with Timothy Caulfield and Relax, Dammit!
You'll have a crappy time with Lina Zeldovich and The Other Dark Matter
We'll earn our stripes with Alice Wong and Year of the Tiger
You're sure to be spooked with Marc Hartzman and Chasing Ghosts
Things will get steamy with Rachel Feltman and Been There, Done That
You'll be purring for Paul Koudounaris and A Cat's Tale plus Memento Mori
We're breaking hearts with Bill Schutt and Pump
We'll work ourselves to death with Hayley Campbell and All the Living and the Dead
A conversation about changing the conversation with Eric Garcia and We're Not Broken
We'll bring some color into your life with Ilise S. Carter and The Red Menace
This one will have a deep impact with Riley Black and The Last Days of the Dinosaurs
We'll come face to face with Lindsey Fitzharris and The Facemaker
We keep reproducing a good time with Rachel E. Gross and Vagina Obscura
We'll make a strong case with Dean Jobb and The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream!
We have a fun guest with Jason Dearen and Kill Shot!
We promise not to mutter with Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz and Dr. Mütter's Marvels!
You'll be glowing talking to Lucy Jane Santos and Half Lives!
We'll get a little mouthy with Mary Cappello, Swallow and Mary Roach, Gulp!
Explain the unexplainable with Colin Dickey, The Unidentified and Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities!
It's a historic night with Dan Snow and History Hit!
VIP EVENT: You will really dig our discussion with Suzie Lennox and Bodysnatchers!
A binding night with Rebecca Gibson, The Corsetted Skeleton and Jonathan Reisman, The Unseen Body!
Be fearless with Kate Kelly and Ordinary Equality!
Test your resilience with Scott Carney and The Wedge!
Have a criminally good time with Courtney Thompson and An Organ of Murder!
Get jazzed for Deborah Blum and The Poisoners Handbook!
Take flight with Lindsey Fitzharris, Christopher Skaife and The Ravenmaster!
We'll make a diagnosis for Lydia Kang and Patient Zero!
It's an investigation with Mary Roach and Fuzz!
Get ready to Quack up with Lydia Kang and Quackery!
The truth is out there with Frank Spotnitz, the X-Files, and Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher
Sparks will fly with Kathryn Harkup and Making the Monster!
An Examining Exercise with Judy Melinek and T.J. Mitchell!
An Explosive Conversation with Thomas Morris!
Cool off this summer with Sam Kean and The Icepick Surgeon!
Science meets Fiction with Chuck Wendig!
Sharpen your wits with Wendy Moore and The Knife Man!
Exploring Life's Edge with Carl Zimmer!
Get Macabre with Lindsey Fitzharris and the Butchering Art!
An Evening with Mary Roach!