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Bookrageous Episode 19; Nonfiction (It’s Good, We Promise!)

Intro Music; Moving in Stereo - The Cars

What We’re Reading

Jenn [1:28] Fringe-ology, Steve Volk [2:36] Moondogs, Alexander Yates [3:42] BPRD: Plague of Frogs, Mike Mignola et al

Josh [5:36] Homemade Soda, Andrew Schloss [7:40] Low Town, Daniel Polansky [9:16] The Filter Bubble, Eli Pariser

Rebecca [13:18] Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson [18:14] Sugar in My Bowl, Erica Jong [20:58] Crazy: Notes On and Off the Couch, Rob Dobrenski [21:48] Don’t Quit Your Day Job, edited by Sonny Brewer

— Break Music; Mr Grieves - The Pixies —

Nonfiction (It’s Good, We Promise!)

[26:55] Born to Run, Christopher McDougall

[29:07] Moonwalking with Einstein, Joshua Foer

[30:03] Sin in the Second City, Karen Abbott

[32:04] Brothel, Alexa Albert

[33:25] Authors Josh will always read: Mary Roach, Bill Bryson, Ben Mezrich, Erik Larson, Jon Krakauer

[34:17] Under the Banner of Heaven

[34:46] The Tiger, John Vaillant

[35:44] If you like The Wire, read Gang Leader For a Day

[37:39] Blink, Malcolm Gladwell

[38:31] Oliver Sacks

[39:51] Barbara Ehrenreich

[43:06] Sarah Vowell

[45:50] The Lost City of Z, David Grann

[47:55] The Devil and Sherlock Holmes

[49:33] Revolution, Deborah Olin Unferth

[50:32] Townie, Andre Dubus III

[52:17] Your Voice In My Head, Emma Forrest

[55:41] Why We Hate Us, Dick Meyer

[58:08] A.J. Jacobs

[1:01:48] The Pomodoro Technique

[1:03:34] Getting Things Done, David Allen

[1:05:41] Twitter recommends! Alison Weir, The Silent Woman, The War That Killed Achilles; Jenn interjects David Quammen, Jared Diamond; David Grann, The Hemingses of Monticello, Ellen Willis, Alex Ross, Geoff Dyer, Eric Davis, Ann Powers

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Outro Music; Moving in Stereo - The Cars

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