EP107 Dr Brandy Schillace - Mr Humble & Dr Butcher

This week Shelly and Bella speak to Author and Medical Historian Dr Brandy Schillace about her new book Mr Humble & Dr Butcher: A Monkey's Head, the Pope's Neuroscientist, and the Quest to Transplant the Soul. Dr. BRANDY SCHILLACE (skil-AH-chay) is a historian of medicine and the critically acclaimed author of DEATH’S SUMMER COAT, CLOCKWORK FUTURES, and most recently MR. HUMBLE AND DR. BUTCHER, described by the New York Times as a “macabre delight.” Her books have been reviewed in Science Magazine, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, New Yorker, Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and more. Dr. Schillace is host of the Peculiar Book Club, a livestream community of authors and readers, and has appeared on Travel Channel’s Mysteries at the Museum, NPR’s Here and Now, and FOX’s American Built. She has bylines at Scientific American, Globe and Mail, HuffPo, WSJ, Medium, and Crime Reads. (she/her) Website: Twitter @bschillace Youtube: The book is available for order at your local bookstore and also online from Please help support the show using the Buy Me a Coffee link below. Check out our website where you can listen to all of our past shows and learn about our guests, send us suggestions for other shows and contact us with a story of your own. Title music by Bill Blair check out his other work and contact him via his youtube channel Logo by Heidi from Angelbot3d check out her work and contact her at Support the show (

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EP107 Dr Brandy Schillace - Mr Humble & Dr Butcher is an episode from Weird Wacky Wonderful Stories Podcast by Shelly and Bella.

This episode is 00:56:53 long.

This episode was published on Aug 22, 2021.

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