{"id":824,"date":"2015-08-03T12:01:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T16:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=824"},"modified":"2015-12-12T11:05:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-12T16:05:39","slug":"episode-27-inferno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-27-inferno\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 27 &#8211; Inferno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/inferno.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-825 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/inferno-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"Inferno by Dan Brown\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/inferno-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/inferno.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kait, Renata, and their guest, actual scientist <a href=\"http:\/\/genestogenomes.org\/\">Sarah<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/allthatihavemet\">@allthatihavemet<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/sarahnbay\">@sarahnbay<\/a>) read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1400079152\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1400079152&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=5X64EGRQOZVOVDC7\"><em>Inferno<\/em><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1400079152\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1400079152&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=5X64EGRQOZVOVDC7\"> by Dan Brown<\/a>. It&#8217;s the fourth book about Robert Langdon, and probably the only one where he faces a problem that cannot be solved with symbology alone and must ally with the World Health Organization. We struggle to comprehend all of the book&#8217;s double, triple, and even quadruple crosses. Listen now to hear Sarah explain why Dan Brown should have talked to a geneticist before trying to write about genetics!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers advisory<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/readers-advisory-episode-27-inferno\">Here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Footnotes: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.artinfo.com\/secrethistoryofart\/2013\/05\/21\/fact-checking-dan-browns-inferno\/\">Fact-Checking Dan Brown\u2019s \u201cInferno\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plos.org\/dnascience\/2014\/01\/09\/dan-browns-inferno-good-plot-bad-science\/\">Dan Brown\u2019s \u201cInferno\u201d: Good Plot, Bad Science<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/mediacentre\/news\/releases\/2013\/trauma_mental_health_20130806\/en\/\">WHO releases guidance on mental health care after trauma<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Candy pairing:\u00a0 <\/strong>Kait says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000IZGBW8\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000IZGBW8&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=Y6IIUFBFNBQKVWNG\">unidentified Asian supermarket candy<\/a>, Renata says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.luigis.com\/flavors.html\">cotton candy Italian ice<\/a>, Sarah says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002EAPHKM\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B002EAPHKM&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=KFZ35ZEN6EDN4IMR\">black licorice.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming up next:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0515148040\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0515148040&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=YLJHJHRQP3RHHUNO\"><em>Black Hills<\/em> by Nora Roberts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* <em>Worst Bestsellers<\/em> <em>is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;node=1000&amp;site-redirect=&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=Z2A4ORUYFZJ4UA6Q\">Amazon.com<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(But no pressure, we\u2019re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7499\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-824-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/27Inferno.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/27Inferno.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/27Inferno.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/27Inferno.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?powerpress_pinw=824-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/27Inferno.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"27Inferno.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kait, Renata, and their guest, actual scientist Sarah (@allthatihavemet, @sarahnbay) read Inferno by Dan Brown. It&#8217;s the fourth book about Robert Langdon, and probably the only one where he faces a problem that cannot be solved with symbology alone and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-27-inferno\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[390,391,6,404],"class_list":["post-824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts","tag-dan-brown","tag-inferno","tag-podcast","tag-robert-langdon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1073,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions\/1073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}