I had the most fun talking to Mary Roach about her new book Replaceable You: Adventures in Anatomy. Mary does a fabulous job of describing the weird and wonderful science of the human body with her wry humor and attention to detail. She takes us on a journey through the many creative ways humans have tried and are trying to upgrade our bodies. While some of the techniques used today are novel (xenotransplant, anyone?), I was struck by the long history of a few procedures still being done every day in operating rooms around the world (rotational skin flaps and free flaps).

*Unfortunately, my internet was a bit buggy (thanks, Silicon Valley!), so the video quality on my end is a bit sus.

Mary is on tour with this fabulous book, and you can see her in a city near you! If you can make it to any of these, I highly recommend it. Mary is funny and fun, interested and interesting!

Thank you Elizabeth Austin, BookfulBlockhead, and many others for tuning into my live video with Mary Roach! Join me for my next live video in the app.

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