Strangely, my science does not get tapped that much at dinner parties LOL
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Lol really, mostly snake talk? 
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I tell all my dinner guests my adventures as a semi professional snake breeder lol but I’m not nearly as interesting as Travis 
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That comes up even less LOL
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Travis is totally boring at dinner parties. He is an introvert and tries to blend in with the walls or furniture to avoid drawing attention to himself
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Wait, that sounds like me 
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I was on THP episode #155, but that one is not up on YT so you will need to pull it down using your favourite podcatcher
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I just listened to this one and was wondering if @t_h_wyman could post a more comprehensive list of regular people friendly books about biology/genetics? Maybe @chesterhf would have a suggestion or two as well?
(Perhaps start a new thread for it?)
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The first one that comes to mind for me is " The Violinist’s Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code" by Sam Kean. He does a great job of writting science for people aren’t in the field. His book the “The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons” is a great read for neuroscience enthusiests (kind of along the same lines as “The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat” but more neuroscience and less psychiatry)
Also a huge fan of “Language of God” by Francis Collins, but there’s also a fair amount of religion mixed in with the genetics, so it may not be everyone’s cup of tea.
I’ll try to remember what else is on my bookshelf that I’d recommend
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Conceptual Breakthroughs in Evolutionary Genetics - John Avise
Endless Forms Most Beautiful - Sean B Caroll
Making of the Fittest - Caroll
Your Inner Fish - Neil Shubin
Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life - Nick Lane
The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins (I like a lot of Dawkins books but, like Collins’ book mentioned by Hilary, he can get pretty heavy handed with the religion/secularism talk so if that offends you then you likely will not appreciate them)
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I will check over my bookshelf this weekend and see if anything else there jumps out at me
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Thanks guys!!!
I’m starting with these two, if anyone else wan’t to join in reading them maybe we can start a book club discussion.
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I might take a look at this one…
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Another to add to the list:
The Gene: An Intimate History - Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Updating again
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That would be this one for those wondering:
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You missed the second one I did with Ben Morrill
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I literally don’t know how you find time to be so involved. I would love to do a podcast, but I think wouldn’t want to listen to it. You know?
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HA!
I feel so phenomenally underinvolved that it is funny to hear this 
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Oh, I rarely go back and listen to the ones I have been on… I hate the sound of my own voice
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