The SciFri Book Club Takes a Hike
34:45 minutes
The book club regulars gather to chat about the best-selling A Walk in the Woods, writer Bill Bryson’s 1998 account of a hiking trip along the Appalachian Trail. Plus, journalist Deborah Blum joins the club to talk about the best science books to stash in your beach bag (or backpack).
Segment Guests
Flora Lichtman
Flora Lichtman is a host of Science Friday. In a previous life, she lived on a research ship where apertivi were served on the top deck, hoisted there via pulley by the ship’s chef.
Annette Heist
Annette Heist is a former senior producer for Science Friday.
Ryan Mason
Ryan Mason is a fourth-year medical student at Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
Deborah Blum
Deborah Blum is a science journalist & author, the publisher of Undark magazine, and the director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Meet the Producer
About Annette Heist
Annette Heist is a former senior producer for Science Friday.