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Audiobook Mixtape 3 is up, folks! It went live last night and it's a fun, meaty one.

https://www.alieward.com/ologies/bookworm3

So every few years we do a round up of the books Ologists have written, since it's fireside reading season AND gift-giving time. We ask them to send favorite snippets and then I take a deep breath and take many, many hours to record over 50 pages of book content so you can get a taste for ones you might like, or just fill your brain with book passages.

We've done 2 earlier episodes at:

https://www.alieward.com/ologies/bookworm2 from 2021

https://www.alieward.com/ologies/bookworm from 2019

And all the related episodes, guests and books are linked. It's a beast to record but also a fun challenge and I'd love to know what you think. Any books you're going to get? Also duuuuude I tried to do this in one take and failed laughably within the first minute so we cleaned it up in post for easy listening. (Which we do for every episode. One day i'd love to walk you through our process each week. It's bonkers. )

Okay, enjoy those snippets and let me know if you have a favorite. I always love having weekly chats with you on this thread.

Your happy librarian,

Ol' Ward Von Podcast

(Ps: hats off to Susan for making this awesome collage.) 

(Pss: edited for a few typos as I dash out the door!)

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Audiobook Mixtape 3: Gift Ideas from the Ologists' Brains - alie ward

You like Ologists. Ologists write books. You like books, so let's dive into a new, curated sampler platter from your favorite guests' books.. Fill your ears with dark carnivals, boney catacombs, Rocky Mountain bears and wolves, flies you should love, maggots that make you beautiful, fungus that migh

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Design 83

Great mix’tape’. I definitely want to gift /and/ get many of the titles. I wonder if i can decide which ones. Ending secret: Again, so moving. I am happy to hear you were able to take the next steps and get where you are today! I look forward to so many more ologies and whatever you decide to share. Thank you!

Nevena Georgieva

It's like the Holiday Ed. Chocolate Box Sampler for nerds! Thanks, Alie. Also, can I share (but I really mean brag) that, according to my Spotify Wrapped, I listened to 8,473 minutes of Ologies in 2023?!! Okay, fine, it's a little less impressive when you consider I only discovered this gem of a podcast end of last year. On a more sincere note: I'm so grateful to have had Ologies as my faithful companion during what's been a particularly tough life year. You're the best.

Dionne Needham

Love to have a podcast on your process. Behind the scenes looks are cool .

James Nance

+1 for an "Ologies: The Making of..." episode!

Alie Ward

Honored to have you in my ears -- for real! How did you hear about it?

Alie Ward

It's a BEAST but over the years have definitely figured out a unique system in pre- and post production!

Sydonie S.

I love these mixtapes episodes, I've added a few books to my list from them. I recently started reading plight of the living dead. Coincidentally, my partner started playing the last of us. 🧟

Nevena Georgieva

:))))))))))))))))) I found Ologies through the science charts! So the "rate/review/subscribe so others can discover us" call to arms? It's real. Ologites unite!

Alie Ward

Aaaah! Matt's writing is so funny

Natasha Stroebl

I'm halfway through this episode and I already have gift ideas for everyone on my list, as well as enough books I want for myself to keep me busy until the 2024 round-up. Thank you!

Alie Ward

Oh that's so great! It was fun to read! I loved the Chicken excerpt perhaps the most, but it's hard to pick/

Common Sense 101

I love the mixtapes, it's like 2012 with nicki lol. and i find my teen curiosity all over again, thanks daddy ward

Hankie Mundane

Tearing up at this mixtape. Thanks for being such a speedy reader!!!!! I have to skip most audio books because of the narrator.

Zuza

podcastology? :D

Andrea

Thank you for this. I was thinking, I want to find some books on ecology and animals and BOOM! This shows up. Yay!

Hannah Gorrie

You guys are so creative, thank you for putting this together!!