26 Podcast Episodes
Reporting from Afghanistan: A Conversation with Steve Scher and Hal Bernton
Reporting from Afghanistan: A Conversation with Steve Scher and Hal Bernton
28 Jul 2023
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235. James Comey with Steve Scher: A Crime Novel from the Former FBI Director
235. James Comey with Steve Scher: A Crime Novel from the Former FBI Director
If you’ve kept up with current affairs or politics over the past decade, James Comey is likely a familiar name. Between ... Read more
7 Jul 2023
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1hr 5mins
135. David M. Peña-Guzmán with Steve Scher: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness
135. David M. Peña-Guzmán with Steve Scher: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness
Have you ever watched a dog sleep? At times it doesn’t look like sleep at all with their tails thumping, paws padding at... Read more
9 May 2022
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49mins
282. Laura Shin with Steve Scher: The Making of the Cryptocurrency Craze
282. Laura Shin with Steve Scher: The Making of the Cryptocurrency Craze
Cryptocurrency has been making steady waves — no doubt because of its almost too-good-to-pass-up promise of fortune that... Read more
7 Apr 2022
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1hr 18mins
129. Laurie Winkless with Steve Scher—Sticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces
129. Laurie Winkless with Steve Scher—Sticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces
You are surrounded by stickiness. With every step you take, air molecules cling to you and slow you down; the effect is ... Read more
28 Mar 2022
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56mins
127. Kathy Gilsinan with Steve Scher: Stories from the Front Lines of the Pandemic
127. Kathy Gilsinan with Steve Scher: Stories from the Front Lines of the Pandemic
Most Americans can pinpoint the moment, back in March of 2020, when COVID-19 changed everything in the United States. Lo... Read more
14 Mar 2022
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35mins
122. Aaron Poochigian with Steve Scher: Baudelaire’s Flowers of Evil
122. Aaron Poochigian with Steve Scher: Baudelaire’s Flowers of Evil
Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil), Baudelaire’s best-known and most controversial body of work, was published in 1... Read more
31 Jan 2022
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50mins
120. Bryan R. Johnston with Steve Scher: The Notorious Kidnapping of Young George Weyerhaeuser
120. Bryan R. Johnston with Steve Scher: The Notorious Kidnapping of Young George Weyerhaeuser
In May of 1935, nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser, heir to one of the wealthiest families in America, disappeared on his... Read more
17 Jan 2022
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45mins
249. Charles R. Wolfe with Steve Scher: Strategies for Creating and Enhancing Distinctive City Culture
249. Charles R. Wolfe with Steve Scher: Strategies for Creating and Enhancing Distinctive City Culture
Somewhere, between character and caricature, there exists an authentic and unique urban place, believes urbanism consult... Read more
17 Aug 2021
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1hr 20mins
103. David Laskin with Steve Scher: What Sammy Knew
103. David Laskin with Steve Scher: What Sammy Knew
The 1970s were as turbulent as the 1960s were radical. In David Laskin’s new novel, What Sammy Knew, this is the histori... Read more
28 Jun 2021
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54mins