Stephanie Bastek

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

Weirdo Capital of the West

The fantastical saga of Oklahoma City

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday September 14, 2018

Smell Ya Later

How 19th-century Americans used their noses to fight for urban change

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday September 7, 2018

Long Live the Library

Our favorite public institution provides far more than books

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday August 24, 2018

Strange Fruit and Stolen Lives

The ugly story of the whitest county in America

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday August 17, 2018

Call of the Wild

How a radical conservation effort has transformed a former farm

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday August 10, 2018

Making the Most of #MeToo

A second-wave feminist on 21st-century feminism

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday August 3, 2018

Wonderbrain

Inside the extraordinary minds of people who feel others’ emotions, hear hallucinations, and get lost in their own homes

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday July 27, 2018

No-No Novel

Resurrecting the legacy of John Okada, the first Japanese-American novelist

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday July 20, 2018

Wimbledon Unwound

The surprising sexual politics of tennis

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday July 6, 2018

A Whale of a Show

Unlocking the mysteries of the world’s largest mammals with old bones and new technology

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday June 29, 2018

Keepers of the Old Ways

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday January 17, 2025

The Snow Maiden

By Stephanie Bastek | Monday December 30, 2024

Ho Ho Horror

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday December 27, 2024

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

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