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:

Hue and Cry

Kory Stamper on the weird ways we define color

Shotgun Ornithology

James H. McCommons on the first American efforts to save the birds

Eulogy for a Yenta

Jordy Rosenberg on his new novel, Night Night Fawn

What We Talk About When We Talk About Prehistory

Stefanos Geroulanos on how the deep past is used for political ends

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