Books and Ideas: podcast guests

Here is an alphabetical listing of the guests who have been interviewed on Books and Ideas. It is up to date through January 2012. Check the Show Notes for more recent Guests.

Click here for a chronological listing of previous episodes of Books and Ideas.

Dan Ariely, PhD: author of Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions (Episode 19)

Sue Bailey and Carmen Flowers: authors of Grave Expectations: Planning the End Like There’s No Tomorrow (Episode 26)

Tom Clark: author of Encountering Naturalism: A Worldview and Its Uses (Episode 30)

Matthew Cobb:  author of Generation: The Seventeenth-Century Scientists Who Unraveled the Secrets of Sex, Life, and Growth (Episode 7)

Delany Dean, PhD: psychologist (Episode 20)

Kyla Duffy: founder of Happy Tails Books (Episode 33)

Christiana Ellis: author of Nina Kimberly the Merciless (Episode 38)

Pamela Gay, PhD: Host of the Astronomy Cast (Episode 14)

Daniel George, PhD: co-author of The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Episode 36)

Jennifer Michael Hecht: Author of Doubt: A History (Episode 27)

Bruce Hood, PhD: Author of SuperSense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable (Episode 34)

Les Johnson, PhD: NASA physicist and author of Paradise Regained: The Regreening of Earth (Episode 31)

Sheril Kirshenbaum: Marine biologist and co-author of Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens our Future. (Episode 32)

Mur Lafferty: podcasting pioneer and author of Playing for Keeps (Episode 17)

Eric Maisel, PhD: creativity coach and author of Brainstorm: Harnessing the Power of Productive Obsessions (Episode 39)

Robert Martensen, MD: physician and author of A Life Worth Living: A Doctor’s Reflections on Illness in a High-Tech Era (Episode 28 and Episode 29)

Kirk Mcelhearn: American writer who has lived in France for many years (Episode 10)

Steven Novella, MD: Neurologist and host of The Skeptics Guide to the Universe (Episode 16)

Paul Offit, MD: dubunks myths about vaccine safety in Episode 25 and  Episode 40

Massimo Pigliucci, PhD: Author of Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk (Episode 37)

Patrick Pricken: was my first guest co-host in Episode 13

Roger Reid: author of Longleaf, Space, and Time, novels for young adults that combine mystery and science (Episode 46)

Robert Schleip, PhD: leads emerging research about fascia at the University of Ulm (Episode 15)

Eugenie Scott, PhD: Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education (Episode 21)

Scott Sigler: Best-selling author of science fiction horror thrillers (Episode 35)

Lee M. Silver, PhD: author of Challenging Nature: The Clash Between Biotechnology and Spirituality (Episode 9)

Tabitha Grace Smith: writer, podcaster and creator of the Buffy Between the Lines audio drama (Episode 18)

Carol Tavris, PhD: co-author of Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts (Episode 43)

Karen Traviss: science fiction writer, author of Gears of War and Halo: Glasslands (Episode 44).

Holly Tucker, PhD: author of Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution (Episode 41)

Neel Varshney, MD, PhD: discusses his experiences as a Rhodes Scholar and as a medical student at Harvard (Episode 11)

Skyler White: author of and Falling, Fly (Episode 38)

Frank Wilczek: Nobel Prize winning physicist and author of Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces (Episode 23 and Episode 24)

Click here for a list of the guests who have been interviewed for the Brain Science Podcast.