Anthropodermic Biocodicology (HUMAN LEATHER BOOKS) with Megan Rosenbloom & Daniel Kirby
b"Anthropodermic bibliopegy is a long, fancy way of saying \\u201cHUMAN SKIN BOOKS\\u201d and the study of confirming or debunking them is \\u2026 Anthropodermic Biocodicology. For this skin-crawling, history-trawling Spooktober episode, we chat with the absolutely wonderful and charming medical librarian and expert of books bound in human skin, Megan Rosenbloom. Also on the line: analytical chemist Dr. Daniel Kirby, who discusses how books are tested to confirm if they are, in fact, human leather. Why would someone make these? What\\u2019s in between the covers? Whose skin is it? What do they smell like? And what can they tell us about our culture and our past?Rosenbloom has just released her book \\u201cDark Archives\\u201d and gives us a peek into the world she\\u2019s come to know so well. Listen under a blanket or with a nightlight on, though. It\\u2019ll give you goosebumps.\\xa0\\n\\nFollow Megan Rosenbloom at Instagram.com/libraryatnight and Twitter.com/libraryatnight\\n\\nBuy Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin anywhere books are sold!\\xa0\\n\\nMegan Rosenbloom\\u2019s website: https://meganrosenbloom.com/\\n\\nA donation went to: BlackMamasMatter.org\\n\\nMore links at alieward.com/ologies/anthropodermicbiocodicology\\xa0\\n\\nTranscripts & bleeped episodes at: alieward.com/ologies-extras\\n\\nBecome a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies\\n\\nOlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes and now\\u2026 MASKS. Hi. Yes.\\xa0\\n\\nFollow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologies\\n\\nFollow twitter.com/AlieWard or instagram.com/AlieWard\\n\\nSound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris\\n\\nTheme song by Nick Thorburn\\n\\nSupport the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies"