Socratica is known for spreading a love of learning. Kimberly Hatch Harrison (co-founder of Socratica) created this podcast to share her favourite reading experiences. Today Kim talks about her favourite part of Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz. 

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Transcript:

Welcome Everybody! To Socratica Reads. My name is Kimberly Hatch Harrison, and I’m the co-founder of Socratica.We make beautiful videos about STEM topics, and a lot of our work is infused with an appreciation of the History of Science. Our videos are all non-fiction, but we also enjoy reading historical fiction - especially when it involves scientific discoveries. 

So there’s this meme going around about how do you know when you’re reading Fantasy or Science Fiction. Here’s an example: In Fantasy, you buy things with COIN while in Science Fiction it’s CREDITS. But I’ve got to tell you, I’m not SURE that you can say if this book is one or the other. 

When I was reading this book, Anatomy, I was struck by what a genre-bending/ genre-blending experience it was. It’s set in Edinburgh in the early 19th century, and centers around a school for surgery. So there’s a Dark Academia feel. There’s some spooky resurrection experiments going on, like Frankenstein, and there’s a little bit of romance with some kiss-kiss in a graveyard, and there’s a plague - timely - and some social questions about class and women being denied the opportunity for education. There’s a lot going on, and it’s also just really fun and perfect for the beginning of the Hallowe’en season.

I had a really hard time picking my favourite part for this podcast, because the whole book hangs together so beautifully. So here goes with a little bit that makes me simultaneously disgusted and intrigued, which is kind of the perfect way to feel about this era of science and medicine. 

{Kim reads excerpt}

It’s still amazing to me how a good book can transport you to a different time and place and inside someone else’s head. I hope you’re getting that sense from this podcast, Socratica Reads. Thanks for listening.