If Books Could Kill

The books are bad. The dialog and discussion is good. The puns are GREAT! The cheese episode alone is worth 5 stars.

…and that is Michael Hobbes! (And those podcasts are If Books Could Kill, Maintenance Phase, and You’re Wrong About.) Never miss an episode, and am glad to have been introduced to Peter, who is also great. I had read some of these titles prior to listening to their corresponding episodes and have found the critique of some of the books to be a bit unfairly reductive, but love the objective of the podcast and the discussion and humor between Peter and Michael overall.

Books are always clearly read thoroughly (no matter how silly some are) and researched just as well! I’m always impressed with how well Micheal especially explains anything to do with science- he clearly has reliable sources who can explain anything he doesn’t fully understand so it can then be repeated back simply to the listener. This is important to me as a scientist in the biochem field where I’ve heard many other podcasts with tons of inaccuracies.

I was already complaining about these books but now I have more things to say; making me insufferable. Ha! I do really enjoy these episodes. They walk that line of being well researched and informative with being funny and interesting. If you’re interested in knowing, I’m a stay at home mom of 5 and this keeps me feeling like I’m still a person that can critically think about subjects.