Stephanie Bastek

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

Love Games and First Impressions

How to judge tennis—or a stranger’s face

By Stephanie Bastek | Thursday July 13, 2017

From Beer to Eternity

Exploring ancient ales and fermentation re-creations

By Stephanie Bastek | Tuesday June 27, 2017

From the Horse’s Mouth

True tales of horse historians, mad bombers, and infinite jam jars

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday June 9, 2017

Twin Peaks

Reporting from the world’s highlines and highlands

By Stephanie Bastek | Tuesday May 16, 2017

The Fox in the Big House

Soviets, poetry, and foxes, oh my!

By Stephanie Bastek | Thursday April 20, 2017

Out of the Closet and Into the Courts

How sex met the law, plus the coolest queen in Africa

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday April 7, 2017

All the Rage

Enlightenment, architecture, and a few Irish favorites

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday March 17, 2017

Unlikely Encounters

Between fact and fiction, poetry and motion, and Milton Friedman and China’s General Secretary

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday March 3, 2017

Red: The History of a Color

Read an excerpt from Michel Pastoureau’s new book about the color of love and rage

By Stephanie Bastek | Tuesday February 14, 2017

From Côte d’Ivoire to the California Coast

Plus: Phillip Lopate tells us a secret

By Stephanie Bastek | Friday February 10, 2017

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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