Stephanie Bastek

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

Haunting the Homeland

Germany has all but forgotten the frenzy of witch trials and wonder doctors of the postwar period—but why?

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday October 15, 2021

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

The Shipping News

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday May 9, 2025

Coming Home

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday April 25, 2025

Muscle Memory

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday April 11, 2025

The Root Cause

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday March 14, 2025

Something New in the West

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday February 28, 2025

Family/History

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday February 14, 2025

Keepers of the Old Ways

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday January 17, 2025

The Snow Maiden

By Stephanie Bastek | Monday December 30, 2024

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