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Call Me Ishmael

Episode 1.5

December 10, 2020

Logan Smalley and Steph Kent, founders of CallMeIshmael.com — a creative, participatory literary initiative that was an honoree for the National Book Foundation’s “Innovations In Reading Prize” in 2015, will share a reflection by writer A.J. Jacobs on children’s classic, The Cat In the Hat.
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Logan Smalley and Stephanie Kent

Co-Creators of Call Me Ishmael

Logan Smalley and Stephanie Kent are the co-creators of Call Me Ishmael. Stephanie is a writer, media producer, and amateur boxer. Logan is an award-winning filmmaker and the founding director of TED-Ed. They live in New York City with their rescue dog, Matilda. They recently released an interactive book about books, The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book.

www.callmeishmael.com

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A.J. Jacobs

Author

A.J. Jacobs is an author, journalist, lecturer and human guinea pig. He has written four New York Times bestsellers that combine memoir, science, humor and a dash of self-help. He is also editor at large at Esquire magazine, a commentator on NPR and a columnist for Mental Floss magazine. 

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