Peculiar Book Club Podcast

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace as we journey back to the Cretaceous period and learn how our planet and the creatures living on it were forever changed with Riley Black, author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for a journey back to World War I and the tale of the pioneering surgeon Harold Gillies with Lindsey Fitzharris, author of The Facemaker! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction.   Episode was...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace as we turn our gaze on the dynamic, resilient, and ever-changing world of the uterus, ovaries, and vagina with Rachel E. Gross, author of Vagina Obscura! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction. &nb...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for a murder trial that spans multiple countries with Dean Jobb, author of The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction.   Episode was recorded live on June 23rd...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for a tail of murder, fungus, and investigative journalism with Jason Dearen, author of Kill Shot! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction.   Episode was recorded live on June 9th, 2022. To joi...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for the fascinating tale of Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter with Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, author of Dr. Mütter's Marvels! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction.   Episode was recorded live on May 26t...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for a night of radioactive stories and the history of radium with Lucy Jane Santos, author of Half Lives! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction. Episode was recorded live on April 7th, 2022. To jo...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for a special doubleheader.  We'll ingest some facts  with Mary Cappello, author of Swallow, and we'll go from mouth to rear with Mary Roach, author of Gulp! In true book-club style, you will meet the authors and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets scien...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for a special doubleheader.  We'll explore mythical monsters, alien encounters, and our obsession with the unexplained with Colin Dickey, author of The Unidentified, and we'll take a tour of Urban Age Cities with Annalee Newitz, author of Four Lost Cities! In true book-club style, you will meet the authors and participate in the discussion–so come with questions...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for a special chat with historian and broadcaster Dan Snow, host of History Hit! In true book-club style, you will meet the historian and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction.   Episode was recorded live on March 24th, 2022. To join future broa...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace and our other VIPs for a night of digging up untold stories with Suzie Lennox, author of Bodysnatchers! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction.   Episode was recorded live on March 17th, 2022....

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for a special doubleheader.  We'll unpack assumptions about corseting with Rebecca Gibson, author of The Corsetted Skeleton, and we'll take an odyssey through our insides with Jonathan Reisman, author of The Unseen Body! In true book-club style, you will meet the authors and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quiz...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for a bonus conversation with Kate Kelly, author of the soon-to-be-released book Ordinary Equality! To join future broadcasts check out our Book Club schedule at https://brandyschillace.com/peculiar/ . Follow us on Twitter ( @peculiarBC ), Facebook ( facebook.com/groups/peculiarbooksclub ), Instragram ( @thepeculiarbookclub ), and Youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/c/...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for a night of exploring the limits and potential of the human body with Scott Carney, author of The Wedge! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction. Episode was recorded live on February 24th, 2022....

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for a night of Murder, Crime, Violence, and Phrenology with Courtney Thompson, author of An Organ of Murder! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction.   Episode was recorded live on February 10t...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for investigations, science, and jazz with Deborah Blum, author of The Poisoners Handbook! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction.   Episode was recorded live on January 27th, 2022. To join fu...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for a behind-the-scenes account of life with the legendary ravens with Christopher Skaife, author of The Ravenmaster! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction.   Episode was recorded live on Jan...

Regular host Brandy Schillace is out for the night, so join co-host Davey Berris for a night of disease outbreaks—how they start, how they spread with Lydia Kang, co-author of Patient Zero! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer, where science fact meets science fiction.   Episode was re...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for a night of breaking the law with Marry Roach, author of Fuzz! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction.   Episode recorded live on December 9th, 2021. To join future broadcasts check out our...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for a night of medical cures that were weird, unbelievable, and sometimes outright dangerous with Lydia Kang, co-author of Quackery! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction.  Episode recorded l...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for a night of monkeying around with Frank Spotnitz, producer of The X-Files, as we discuss Brandy's book Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction. Episode recorded live o...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for a night of Monsters and the influences and science behind them with Kathryn Harkup, author of Making the Monster! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction. Episode recorded live on October 14th,...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for a night of examination into the forensic training of author Judy Melinek along with her husband T.J. Mitchell, co-authors of Working Stiff! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction. Episode recor...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for a night of curiosities from the history of medicine with Thomas Morris, author of The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction. Episode recorded live on September...

Join host Dr. Brandy Schillace for a night of dastardly deeds perpetrated in the name of science with Sam Kean, author of The Icepick Surgeon! In true book-club style, you will meet the author and participate in the discussion–so come with questions! Join us, too, for the PopCult Quizzer with host Davey Berris, where science fact meets science fiction. Episode recorded live on August 26th, 2021. T...