Smarty Pants

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Tune in every two weeks to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Produced and hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Have suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar.org

Episode List:

Michael Douglas Explains It All

Jessa Crispin on what the actor’s roles tell us about the crisis of masculinity

By Stephanie Bastek

Once in a Lifetime

Jonathan Gould on how Talking Heads transformed rock music

By Stephanie Bastek

Family Values

Augustine Sedgewick on the history of paternity and patriarchy

By Stephanie Bastek

Lingua Obscura

Laura Spinney on the spread of Proto-Indo-European

By Stephanie Bastek
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