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Episode List:
Behind the scenes of our sister podcast
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, July 03, 2020
Unlocking the mysteries of the world’s largest mammals with old bones and new technology
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, June 26, 2020
Reconsidering how we’ve been telling stories about American history
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, June 19, 2020
Contrary to fables, white female slave owners in the South were just as deeply invested in the institution as their male counterparts
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, June 12, 2020
How scientific inquiry has been complicit in, or explicitly aligned with, racism and white supremacy
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, June 05, 2020
Books were social media all along
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, May 29, 2020
What we make with our hands tell us a lot about ourselves, even in a pandemic
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, May 22, 2020
Matthew Quirk opens the dossier on thriller writing
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, May 15, 2020
The story of how coffee recalibrated the world
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, May 08, 2020
A new novel explores the true life and crimes of O. Henry
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, May 01, 2020
