Stephanie Bastek

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

Mary Roach & a Double Dose of Shakespeare

Listen to the debut episode of our new podcast

By Stephanie Bastek | Monday June 13, 2016

India’s War

An excerpt from Srinath Raghavan’s new book about India in WWII

By Stephanie Bastek | Wednesday June 8, 2016

America’s Snake

An excerpt from Ted Levin’s new book about the rise and fall of the rattlesnake

By Stephanie Bastek | Tuesday May 24, 2016

My Life with Wagner

An excerpt from Christian Thielemann’s book about a lifetime of conducting

By Stephanie Bastek | Tuesday May 17, 2016

The Edge of the Empire

Travel ancient Britannia in this excerpt from Bronwen Riley’s new book

By Stephanie Bastek | Tuesday May 10, 2016

The Jazz of Physics

Read an excerpt from Stephon Alexander’s book about the music of the universe

By Stephanie Bastek | Tuesday May 3, 2016

67 Shots

Read an excerpt from Howard Means’s new history of the Kent State shootings

By Stephanie Bastek | Tuesday April 26, 2016

Black Hole Blues

Read an excerpt from Janna Levin’s new book about the soundtrack of the universe

By Stephanie Bastek | Tuesday April 19, 2016

Nothing Ever Dies

Read an excerpt from Viet Thanh Nguyen’s new book about Vietnam and the memory of war

By Stephanie Bastek | Tuesday April 12, 2016

The Mechanical Horse

Read an excerpt from Margaret Guroff’s new history of the bicycle in America

By Stephanie Bastek | Tuesday April 5, 2016

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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