On the Last Archive podcast, Harvard journalist and historian Jill Lepore reads and discusses her respectful and affectionate 2013 New Yorker essay on Doctor Who. [open.spotify.com]

When I was growing up, science fiction was still fighting for respectability, so I’m still amazed whenever I learn a respected intellectual is a fan. Lepore is more of a mystery fan, but still.

Read the essay here: [newyorker.com]