Stephanie Bastek

Stephanie Bastek is the senior editor of the Scholar and the producer/host of the Smarty Pants podcast.

A Literary Love Letter to Egypt

The story of Cairo’s first modern bookstore

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday October 8, 2021

The Late, Great, Country House

Dissecting the myth of the deteriorating British estate

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday October 1, 2021

Between the Sheets and In the Streets

How should we think about sex?

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday September 24, 2021

Nature on Trial

What happens when creatures break human rules?

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday September 17, 2021

Drawing in Young Readers

The alchemy of children’s illustration

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday September 10, 2021

Outsider Physics

A different perspective on the universe

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday September 3, 2021

Skater Boy

What a board and four wheels can teach us about living

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday August 27, 2021

All the Pretty Horses

What is it about the relationship between girls and their ponies?

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday August 20, 2021

Age of Arthurs

New tales of the Round Table

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday August 13, 2021

Nature on the Brain

How connecting with the green world makes us healthier

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday August 6, 2021

Kinship and Contradictions

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday December 13, 2024

Overconsumed

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday November 29, 2024

American Horror Story

By Stephanie Bastek | Thursday October 31, 2024

The Writing on the Wall

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday October 18, 2024

This Woman’s Work

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday October 4, 2024

Queen of the Night

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday September 20, 2024

A Toothsome Tale

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday September 6, 2024

A Rebel to Remember

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday August 23, 2024

Going for Gold

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday August 9, 2024

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