All Episodes

Take two Tylenol before listening to Tom Zeller and The Headache

We're taking the cannolis with The Godfather (Peculiar Movie Club)

We're going to get so high with Sam Kelly and Human History on Drugs

You might not recognize us with Sadie Dingfelder and Do I Know You?

We're getting quite animated with Princess Mononoke (Peculiar Movie Club)

We'll let you in on the secret with Eliot Stein and Custodians of Wonder

We'll break our silence on The Artist (Peculiar Movie Club)

We'll journey into the dark with Megan Eaves and Nightfaring

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!