Non-Fiction for Geeks - Geek Media Expo 3
0Live recording of Dylan, John, and Charlie's "Non-Fiction for Geeks" panel at Geek Media Expo volume 3.
"There's more to the printed page than boy wizards and sparkly vampires--there's also freaky economics and the science of thinking. The guys from the Chainsaw Buffet podcast host this discussion where you can geek out on books about history, economics, religion, and psychology."
The books we got around to talking about were:
Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
The Anguish of Surrender - Ulrich Straus
Fantasy Freaks & Gaming Geeks - Ethan Gilsdorf
The Year of Living Biblically - A.J. Jacobs
The Psychopath Test - Jon Ronson
American Nerd: The Story of My People - Benjamin Nugent
Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits - Jason Wilson
The Sacredness of Questioning Everything - David Dark
Everyday Apocalypse - David Dark
Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
How We Decide - Jonah Lehrer
Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior - Ori & Rom Brafman
(Also, briefly mentioned Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture - Daniel Radosh and Your Next Door Neighbor is a Dragon - Zack Parsons.)