What is There to Fear?

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From the Show: YOU The Owners Manual Podcast
Summary: Best-selling satirist Christopher Cerf urges us to look at risks with a new perspective: If everything is dangerous, what should we really fear?
Air Date: 1/5/13
Duration: 60
Host: Dr. Michael Roizen, MD
Guest Bio: Christopher Cerf
Christopher Cerf (born August 19, 1941) is a U.S. author, composer-lyricist, voice actor, and record and television producer. He is known for his musical contributions to Sesame Street, for co-creating and co-producing the award-winning PBS literacy education television program Between the Lions, and for his humorous articles and books. His father was co-founder of Random House, publisher, editor and TV panelist, Bennett Cerf. His mother was journalist and children's book publisher, Phyllis Fraser
  • Book Title: Encyclopedia Paranoiaca
What is There to Fear?
Best-selling satirist Christopher Cerf explores the hidden dangers in our everyday lives -- and how to avoid the looming threats. His book Encyclopedia Paranoiaca takes a humorous look at surprising hazards. Do you know about the countless dangers involved in a simple day at the beach, or the chronic ankle problems caused by wearing flip-flops? Funny and informative, this book urges readers to look at risks with a new perspective: If everything is dangerous, what should we really fear?

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