No Such Thing As The Official Podcast Of Wyoming
3/12/202657 min
Mary Roach joins Dan, James and Andy to discuss blood banks, breast boosting and beneficial bryophytes.
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First 90 secondsJames Harkin· Host0:00
[jazzy music] Hi, everyone. Welcome to this week's episode of No Such Thing As A Fish, where we were joined by one of our idols. It is American author Mary Roach. Uh, I think Mary really is one of us. She loves going around, looking for facts, and then putting them in her amazing books. Uh, her books include things like Stiff, which is all about what happens to us after we die, Bonk, which is about, well, you can imagine, about sex, Gulp, which is about swallowing and eating, uh, Grunt, which is about humans at war, Fuzz, which is about humans and animals in legal conflicts with each other, and the incredible Packing for Mars, which is all about space. Honestly, her books are so, so good. She tells such a good story, and she finds all the incredible, fascinating facts about all these subjects, and she has a new book out. Her new book is called Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy, and it is all about how we can replace different parts of our body, thanks to the wonders of technology. It's full of facts. I know you'll love it. If you want to know more about Mary, then go to maryroach.net, and all the details of how to buy her books are there, and I highly recommend you do it. I am literally looking at my bookcase right now in my house, and I can see four of her books on there. It's no exaggeration to say we love her stuff. Anyway, one more tiny little bit of news for