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The American Scholar

Tune in every other week 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. A podcast from The American Scholar magazine. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.

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Episodes

354 episodes

  1. Women Are Evil 50:58
  2. For Peat’s Sake 29:45
  3. Dawn of the Brain-Dead 35:04
  4. The Extreme Path 34:26
  5. Call It Macaroni 31:29
  6. Blades of Grass 22:40
  7. The Translator Stuck 26:36
  8. Riot Girls 23:49
  9. To the Manor Born 24:29
  10. The Industrial Revolution of Bees 37:30
  11. The Geek Squad 20:06
  12. Weather Kids and Panther Cubs 39:04
  13. For Better or for Wurst 22:47
  14. Learn the Ropes of Estate Sailing 24:25
  15. Safe From Sin 37:18
  16. Hue and Cry 36:44
  17. Shotgun Ornithology 30:33
  18. Eulogy for a Yenta 29:01
  19. The Carnifex of Čachtice 38:19
  20. What We Talk About When We Talk About Prehistory 34:36
  21. The Midwife of Black Nationalism 30:32
  22. Ground Truths 27:56
  23. The Dangerous Dead 32:49
  24. For the Love of Foraging 26:02
  25. From Sofia to Chicago 24:08
  26. Why the Bronx Burned 33:01
  27. What Lies Beneath the Levee Camp Holler 23:43
  28. The Art of *Doing* Politics 34:33
  29. The Linguistics of Brain Rot 25:44
  30. Michael Douglas Explains It All 35:42
  31. Once in a Lifetime 29:15
  32. Family Values 24:10
  33. Lingua Obscura 34:31
  34. The Shipping News 25:01
  35. Coming Home 24:53
  36. Muscle Memory 27:30
  37. The Most Famous Unknown Artist 27:37
  38. The Root Cause 30:19
  39. Something New in the West 31:18
  40. Family/History 26:04
  41. The Epic Viking Saga of the Everyday 30:51
  42. Keepers of the Old Ways 28:41
  43. Kinship and Contradictions 28:37
  44. Overconsumed 24:45
  45. Fiction, Fakery, and Factory Farming 25:03
  46. American Horror Story 29:16
  47. The Writing on the Wall 41:20
  48. This Woman’s Work 25:47
  49. Queen of the Night 29:12
  50. A Toothsome Tale 27:17