Books & Podcasts

Recent Reads - within the last 2 years or so

• An Atlas of Extinct Countries - Gideon Defoe

• Overstated - Colin Quinn

• Medallion Status - John Hodgeman

• Born to Run - Christopher McDougall

• The Incomplete Book of Running - Peter Sagal (The host of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me)

• The Ultimate Book of Useless Information - Noel Botham

• Running with the Buffaloes - Chris Lear

• Hurt Me If You Can - Matthew Baxter

• Being the Common Man, the best of the lousiest, the lousiest of the best - Dan Cole

Podcasts and a brief description

• The Common Man Progrum - Sports radio talk show, I listen to as a podcast, from 100.3 KFAN Minneapolis/St. Paul

• Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend - Comedy podcast in which Conan O'Brien interviews and jokes with famous people

• Real Dictators - History, a look into the rise to power and regimes of some of the most infamous world leaders

• Short History Of, History - a look at some of the most well known people, and moments throughout history in a 50 minute podcast

• Extremities - Travel, a look at what it is like to live on some of the most remote places on the globe.

• Wait Wait Don't Tell Me - News/News of the Weird from the week. Panel talk show/quiz and interview show, from NPR

• The Office Deep Dive with Brian Baumgartner - Television, a look at the development, production, and behind the scenes tales of The Office.

• Literally with Rob Lowe - Interview, this one is like the Conan O'Brien podcast, but not as good.

• Ron Burgundy Podcast - Comedy in which listeners get a look at the absurd world of San Diego's most famous fictional broadcaster Ron Burgundy ... Stay Classy (This one is funny, but dumb)