Science Talk Podcast Episodes featuring Mary Roach

The Science of Soldiering: Mary Roach's <i>Grunt</i>

Science Talk - August 04, 2016 14:25 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 579 ratings
Best-selling science writer Mary Roach talks about her latest book, Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War.  

Mary Roach Cruises the Alimentary Canal

Science Talk - April 16, 2013 11:05 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 579 ratings
Mary Roach talks about her new book Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, which traces what she calls "the whole food chute"

Mary Roach Is Packing for Mars, Part 2

Science Talk - August 21, 2010 00:03 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 579 ratings
Podcast host Steve Mirsky talks with author Mary Roach about her new book "Packing For Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void." Part 2 of 2. (Part 1 is at http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=mary-roach-is-packing-for-mars-10-08-20). Web sites related to content of this...

Mary Roach Is Packing for Mars, Part 1

Science Talk - August 20, 2010 18:15 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 579 ratings
Podcast host Steve Mirsky recently attended a talk by author Mary Roach about her new book Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. In part 1 of this two-part episode, we'll hear that talk. Web sites related to content of this podcast include www.maryroach.net