{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"#19: From the Horse’s Mouth","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61004fe4a4d9fae972ef6d30/61005032d9f77c0012135928.png?height=200","description":"True tales of horse historians, mad bombers, and infinite jam jars\n\n
\n\nSusanna Forrest takes us down the bridle path of our long relationship with horses; Michael Cannell tells the story of New York’s mad bomber and the invention of criminal profiling; and Eugenia Cheng shares her infinite enthusiasm for the link between mathematics and art.\n\n
\n\nGo beyond the episode:\n\n• Susanna Forrest’s The Age of the Horse, and her blog about horse history and news\n• Michael Cannell’s Incendiary• Track the mad bomber through New York City on this map\n• Eugenia Cheng’s Beyond Infinity, and her attempt to teach Stephen Colbert how to make puff pastry\n• Natalie Angier’s review of How to Bake Pi (delicious!)\n\n
\n\nTune 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. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.\n\nSubscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • Acast\n\nHave 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 [dot] org.","author_name":"The American Scholar"}