Episode 253 – Lessons in Chemistry

The Worst Bestsellers

Worst Bestsellers

Arts, Books, Comedy

4.5 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Our Beloved Patrons voted for us to read Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. We invited a woman in STEM, returning guest Sarah, to join us for this episode. Pour yourself a travel cup of C₈H₁₀N₄O₂ and listen to this episode while walking your dog (who is so well-behaved they don’t need a leash, of course).

Content warnings: Sexual assault.

Readers advisory: Here.

Footnotes: “Lessons in Chemistry Leaves Six-Thirty Fans in the Doghouse” by Erin Qualey

“What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure” by Matthew Cobb and Nathaniel Comfort

Coming up next: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to worst bestsellers where we read about the unexpected perils of leash laws so you don't have to.
0:20.1	I'm Renata.
0:21.2	And I'm Kate.
0:22.6	And for this episode, we read Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.
0:27.3	Joining us to discuss this Patreon choice title is Ursula Geneticist, Homemaker, and Mother
0:34.8	of Kate's nephew, Sarah.
0:37.3	Hello, hello. Oh, Sarah. Hello, hello.
0:38.5	Hello, Sarah.
0:39.7	Hello.
0:40.9	Welcome.
0:42.1	Thank you for lending your scientific expertise to our podcast, much like fictional
0:48.4	characters with Zott brought science to the masses.
0:52.0	Mm-hmm.
0:52.4	Mm-hmm.
0:52.8	Yes.
0:53.6	Science communication, all about that media connection. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yes. Science communication, all about that media connection.
0:56.5	Mm-hmm.
0:57.4	Before we get into this, and we're going to get into it.
1:00.9	First of all, like I said, 30 seconds ago, this is our Patreon choice title, which means
1:05.0	our beloved patrons who support us on Patreon, got to vote on a book that we would read, and this was it.
1:13.4	And, you know, thank you so much for supporting us.
1:16.2	And, you know, there were books on the poll that I would have much less rather read than this one.
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