Ricky Gervais
Season 7, Episode 13In an episode we actually recorded quite a while back, writer, performer and comedian Ricky Gervais joins Robin and Josie in the studio for this week’s episode. After Robin starts by saying Ricky doesn’t like to read, they chat about why that is and some of Ricky’s favourite philosophy writers and science books.
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Reading List
Ricky recommends:
Catcher in the Rye by JD Sallinger
The Bible
The work of Descartes
The work of Bertrand Russell
The work of Christopher Hitchens
Robin recommends:
Roadside Picnic by Boris Strugatsky and Richard M. Powers
Groovy Science edited by David Kaiser and W. Patrick McCray
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
The Mind is Flat by Nick Chater
How the Hippies Saved Physics by David Kaiser
Groovy Science by David Kaiser and W. Patrick McCray
A Giacometti Portrait by James Lord
The Beautiful Cure by Dan Davis
The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
Josie recommends:
The Unexpected Truth About Animals by Lucy Cooke

What is the name of the political commentator Gervais refers to in this podcast? Seth Abelson? Seth Abramson? I would love to check his stuff out!