Stephanie Bastek

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

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

Go Tell It on the Mountain

A tribute to our protected wilderness

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday June 22, 2018

Letter From Underwater

Facing rising sea levels on our own shores

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday June 15, 2018

How to Be a Wolf

An ode to Anthony Bourdain

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday June 8, 2018

Lock Her Up

The decades-long U.S. government plan to imprison “promiscuous” women

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday June 8, 2018

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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