Our Nerdiest Thing
Our Nerdiest Thing
Our Nerdiest Thing
Season 6: Episode 35 - Quicksilver: Run, Fisher, Run!
1 hour 8 minutes Posted Apr 16, 2026 at 6:18 pm.
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Hello, fellow nerds! We are back with a brand new book club episode and we are reading Quicksilver, chapters 16-18!

Listen in as we discuss the following:

  • What do you know about the MK Ultra experiments?

  • What is operation midnight climax?

  • Do pheromones really play into our attraction levels of other people?

Visit ournerdiestthing.com for this week’s themed cocktail recipe, named “Aphrodisapheromones”.

Show links:

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheromone

  2. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3809382/

  3. https://www.history.com/mkultra-operation-midnight-climax-cia-lsd-experiments

  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKUltra

Not into this book? No problem! You can listen to our episode from Tuesday, where we discuss our fave why choose books!

Spring Book Club Schedule:

Quicksilver

April 30 - Chapters 19-21

May 14 - Chapters 22-23

May 28 - Chapters 24-26

June 11 - Chapters 27-29

June 25 - Chapters 30-34

July 9 - Chapters 35-39

July 21 - Chapters 40-43

July 23 - Chapters 44-45

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