Books

Podcasts

My Cousin Jane is my podcast about the life and works of Jane Austen. Rather than explore the “literary themes and ethos of Jane Austen”, we explore what you might think of as the behind-the-scenes featurettes, or special bonus features of Austen’s books.

Everyday Einstein was a science eduction podcast I used to write and host for Macmillan’s Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.

Popular Science

TOR.com

From 2012 to 2013, I wrote a number of articles for TOR.com that explore the overlap between science fiction and science fact.

• The Science of Allomancy in Mistborn: Tin
  TOR.com, May 2012
• The Science of Allomancy in Mistborn: Copper
  TOR.com, May 2012
• The Science of Allomancy in Mistborn: Zinc and Brass
  TOR.com, May 2012
• The Science of Allomancy in Mistborn: Pewter
  TOR.com, June 2012
• The Science of Allomancy in Mistborn: Iron and Steel
  TOR.com, June 2012
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and the Science of Scale
  TOR.com, Aug 2012
• The Science of Future Past: Asimov’s Foundation Part 1
  TOR.com, Dec 2012
• The Science of Future Past: Asimov’s Foundation Part 2
  TOR.com, Jan 2013
• The Science of Future Past: Asimov’s Foundation Part 3
  TOR.com, Jan 2013
• The Science of Future Past: Asimov’s Foundation Part 4
  TOR.com, Jan 2013
• The Science of Future Past: Asimov’s Foundation Part 5
  TOR.com, Feb 2013
• The Science of Future Past: Asimov’s Foundation Part 6
  TOR.com, Feb 2013
• The Science of Future Past: Dune Part 1
  TOR.com, Jul 2013
• The Science of Future Past: Dune Part 2
  TOR.com, Aug 2013
• The Science of Future Past: Dune Part 3
  TOR.com, Aug 2013

Scientific American

For about two years, I was the writer and host of a science education podcast published by Macmillan called Everyday Einstein (since rebranded as Ask Science).

The podcast was regularly in the top 10 K-12 educational podcasts on what is now Apple Podcasts. Podchaser contains a list of all of the episodes I wrote and hosted.

Transcripts of some episodes were featured in Scientific American:

• Why Do Apples Turn Brown?
  Scientific American, Sep 2012
• What is a Neural Network?
  Scientific American, Nov 2012
• Why Are Weather Forecasts Often Wrong?
  Scientific American, Jan 2013
• What’s a Capacitor?
  Scientific American, Mar 2013
• What Is “Supersonic”?
  Scientific American, Jul 2013
• Correlation vs. Causation
  Scientific American, Oct 2013
• What Is Gluten?
  Scientific American, Oct 2013
• Should You Worry about the Ebola Outbreak?
  Scientific American, Nov 2014
• Can Turmeric Prevent or Cure Disease?
  Scientific American, Mar 2015