Ranked #1
#36 Daniel George and "The Myth of Alzheimer's"
#36 Daniel George and "The Myth of Alzheimer's"
Books and Ideas 36 is an interview with Daniel George, co-author of "The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told... Read more
28 Apr 2010
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21mins
Ranked #2
BI 51: Animal Emotions with Jaak Panksepp
BI 51: Animal Emotions with Jaak Panksepp
Episode 51 of Books and Ideas is actually a followup of Dr. Jaak Panksepp's recent interview on the Brain Science Podcas... Read more
8 Feb 2013
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #3
BI 47 Terrence Deacon: "Incomplete Nature"
BI 47 Terrence Deacon: "Incomplete Nature"
Episode 47 of Books and Ideas is being released simultaneously in the Brain Science Podcast feed. It is an interview wit... Read more
14 Jul 2012
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1hr 6mins
Ranked #4
#41 17th Century Medicine with Holly Tucker
#41 17th Century Medicine with Holly Tucker
Episode 41 of the Books and Ideas podcast is an interview with Holly Tucker, author of "Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine a... Read more
27 Apr 2011
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1hr 1min
Ranked #5
BI 50 Secular Buddhism with Ted Meisner
BI 50 Secular Buddhism with Ted Meisner
Episode 50 of Books and Ideas is an interview with Ted Meisner, host of The Secular Buddhist podcast. We talk a little a... Read more
14 Dec 2012
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53mins
Ranked #6
BI 48 How Storytelling Makes Us Human
BI 48 How Storytelling Makes Us Human
Episode 48 of Books and Ideas is interview with Jonathan Gottschall, author of "The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Mak... Read more
24 Aug 2012
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49mins
Ranked #7
BI 55 Dr. John Ratey Talks about his New Book
BI 55 Dr. John Ratey Talks about his New Book
Episode 55 of Books and Ideas is an interview with Dr. John Ratey, co-author of "Go Wild: Free Your Body and Mind from t... Read more
23 Jun 2014
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57mins
Ranked #8
BI 58 In Memory of Dr. Dennis G Smith
BI 58 In Memory of Dr. Dennis G Smith
Episode 58 of Books and Ideas is a short episode dedicated to my late husband Dr. Dennis G Smith, who died unexpectedly ... Read more
21 Aug 2015
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16mins
Ranked #9
BI 53 Humanism with Becky Hale
BI 53 Humanism with Becky Hale
Episadoe 53 of Books and Ideas is an interview with Rebecca Hale, current President of the American Humanist Association... Read more
26 Feb 2014
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46mins
Ranked #10
BI 56 Palliative Medicine with Dr. Amos Bailey
BI 56 Palliative Medicine with Dr. Amos Bailey
Episode 56 of Books and Ideas is an interview with Dr. Amos Bailey, one of the pioneers of Hospice and Palliative Medici... Read more
7 Nov 2014
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1hr
Ranked #11
BI 70 Liz Covart from "Ben Franklin's World"
BI 70 Liz Covart from "Ben Franklin's World"
This is an interview with historian Liz Covart about her highly respected podcast "Ben Franklin's World." We explore wha... Read more
16 Sep 2019
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38mins
Ranked #12
BI 71 A Podcasting Retrospective with Ginger Campbell, MD
BI 71 A Podcasting Retrospective with Ginger Campbell, MD
This episode is an adapted version of the talk I gave last week at the first annual She Podcasts Live event, which was h... Read more
15 Oct 2019
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32mins
Ranked #13
BI 46 Exploring Alabama with Roger Reid
BI 46 Exploring Alabama with Roger Reid
This episode is an interview with Roger Reid, writer and producer for the Emmy Award winning public TV show Discovering ... Read more
13 Jan 2012
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56mins
Ranked #14
BI 57 Why Podcast? with Elsie Escobar
BI 57 Why Podcast? with Elsie Escobar
Episode 57 is the first episode of Books and Ideas that I have produced in 2015. It is a conversation with experienced p... Read more
22 Jun 2015
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45mins
Ranked #15
BI 49 Top Score's Emily Reese
BI 49 Top Score's Emily Reese
Episode 49 of Books and Ideas is an interview with Emily Reese from Minnesota Public Radio. Reese is the host of two pod... Read more
16 Nov 2012
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42mins
Ranked #16
BI 45: Fifth Anniversary Episode
BI 45: Fifth Anniversary Episode
Episode 45 of Books and Ideas is a look back at the first five years of this podcast. I take the opportunity to thank ea... Read more
19 Dec 2011
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13mins
Ranked #17
Carol Tavris on Cognitive Dissonance (BI 43)
Carol Tavris on Cognitive Dissonance (BI 43)
Episode 43 of Books and Ideas is an interview with Carol Tavris, PhD, co-author (with Eliot Aronson) of Mistakes Were Ma... Read more
27 Sep 2011
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56mins
Ranked #18
BI 52 Author Mur Lafferty Returns
BI 52 Author Mur Lafferty Returns
Mur Lafferty is one of the pioneers of podcasting and was one of my inspirations for starting two podcasts back in 2006.... Read more
26 Sep 2013
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33mins
Ranked #19
#39 Eric Maisel
#39 Eric Maisel
Episode 39 of Books and Ideas is an interview with Dr. Eric Maisel, author of "Brainstorm: Harnessing the Power of Produ... Read more
22 Dec 2010
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38mins
Ranked #20
BI 72 Adele Brand shares "The Hidden World of Foxes"
BI 72 Adele Brand shares "The Hidden World of Foxes"
This episode of Books and Ideas features Adele Brand, author of the new book The Hidden World of the Fox. Foxes are surp... Read more
15 Nov 2019
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40mins