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Episode 159 - Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose by Leigh Cowart
Manage episode 341682050 series 1210826
This episode we’re talking about Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose by Leigh Cowart! We discuss how much science a book needs to be to count as “pop science,” content warnings for books, BDSM, MRIs, and other acronyms! Plus: How many hot sauces we own!
You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system.
In this episode
Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards
The Book We Talked About
- Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose by Leigh Cowart
Other Media We Mentioned
- Nerve - Adventures in the Science of Fear by Eva Holland
- Secretary (2002 film) (Wikipedia)
- Turning by Jessica J. Lee
- Valley Girl by Moon Unit and Frank Zappa
- The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World by Elaine Scarry
Links, Articles, and Things
- Episode 154 - Battle of the Books 2022
- Don't Be Afraid Of The Clowns
- Mary Roach (Wikipedia)
- Frank's RedHot (Wikipedia)
- Gochujang (Wikipedia)
- South Asian pickle (Wikipedia)
- Carolina Reaper (Wikipedia)
- Ultramarathon (Wikipedia)
- Play piercing (Wikipedia)
- Polar bear plunge (Wikipedia)
- Wim Hof (Wikipedia)
- Camino de Santiago (Wikipedia)
- Pain scale (Wikipedia)
- Temperature play (Wikipedia)
- Ocu-less || CheckPoint 407
- K/DA (Wikipedia)
- More (YouTube)
- Hate-watching (Wikipedia)
- Erotic humiliation (Wikipedia)
- Leather Archives & Museum on Instagram
15 Gardening & Plants Non-fiction Books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors
Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.
- The Sakura Obsession: The Incredible Story of the Plant Hunter Who Saved Japan's Cherry Blossoms by Naoko Abe
- The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities by Will Allen
- Medicines to Help Us: Traditional Metis Plant Use by Christi Belcourt
- The Color of Food: Stories of Race, Resilience and Farming by Natasha Bowens
- Wild at Home: How to Style and Care for Beautiful Plants by Hilton Carter
- Luschiim’s Plants: A Hul′q′umi′num′ (Cowichan) Ethnobotany by Luschiim Arvid Charlie
- The New Plant Parent: Develop Your Green Thumb and Care for Your House-Plant Family by Darryl Cheng
- The Medicine Wheel Garden: Creating Sacred Space for Healing, Celebration, and Tranquillity by E. Barrie Kavasch
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature by J. Drew Lanham
- Lessons from Plants by Beronda L Montgomery
- American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America by Michelle Obama
- Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land by Leah Penniman
- Grow: A Family Guide to Plants and How to Grow Them by Riz Reyes
- Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement by Monica M. White
Give us feedback!
- Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read!
Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email!
Join us again on Tuesday, October 4th we’ll be talking about the genre of Fictional Biographies/Biographical Fiction!
Then on Tuesday, October 18th we’ll be talking about the concept of Hate Reads.
206 episodes
Manage episode 341682050 series 1210826
This episode we’re talking about Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose by Leigh Cowart! We discuss how much science a book needs to be to count as “pop science,” content warnings for books, BDSM, MRIs, and other acronyms! Plus: How many hot sauces we own!
You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system.
In this episode
Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards
The Book We Talked About
- Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose by Leigh Cowart
Other Media We Mentioned
- Nerve - Adventures in the Science of Fear by Eva Holland
- Secretary (2002 film) (Wikipedia)
- Turning by Jessica J. Lee
- Valley Girl by Moon Unit and Frank Zappa
- The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World by Elaine Scarry
Links, Articles, and Things
- Episode 154 - Battle of the Books 2022
- Don't Be Afraid Of The Clowns
- Mary Roach (Wikipedia)
- Frank's RedHot (Wikipedia)
- Gochujang (Wikipedia)
- South Asian pickle (Wikipedia)
- Carolina Reaper (Wikipedia)
- Ultramarathon (Wikipedia)
- Play piercing (Wikipedia)
- Polar bear plunge (Wikipedia)
- Wim Hof (Wikipedia)
- Camino de Santiago (Wikipedia)
- Pain scale (Wikipedia)
- Temperature play (Wikipedia)
- Ocu-less || CheckPoint 407
- K/DA (Wikipedia)
- More (YouTube)
- Hate-watching (Wikipedia)
- Erotic humiliation (Wikipedia)
- Leather Archives & Museum on Instagram
15 Gardening & Plants Non-fiction Books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors
Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.
- The Sakura Obsession: The Incredible Story of the Plant Hunter Who Saved Japan's Cherry Blossoms by Naoko Abe
- The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities by Will Allen
- Medicines to Help Us: Traditional Metis Plant Use by Christi Belcourt
- The Color of Food: Stories of Race, Resilience and Farming by Natasha Bowens
- Wild at Home: How to Style and Care for Beautiful Plants by Hilton Carter
- Luschiim’s Plants: A Hul′q′umi′num′ (Cowichan) Ethnobotany by Luschiim Arvid Charlie
- The New Plant Parent: Develop Your Green Thumb and Care for Your House-Plant Family by Darryl Cheng
- The Medicine Wheel Garden: Creating Sacred Space for Healing, Celebration, and Tranquillity by E. Barrie Kavasch
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature by J. Drew Lanham
- Lessons from Plants by Beronda L Montgomery
- American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America by Michelle Obama
- Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land by Leah Penniman
- Grow: A Family Guide to Plants and How to Grow Them by Riz Reyes
- Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement by Monica M. White
Give us feedback!
- Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read!
Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email!
Join us again on Tuesday, October 4th we’ll be talking about the genre of Fictional Biographies/Biographical Fiction!
Then on Tuesday, October 18th we’ll be talking about the concept of Hate Reads.
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