Maria Popova: podcast appearances and interviews

Maria Popova is an associate professor of political science at McGill University. She is also known for founding the blog Brain Pickings in 2006, which was renamed The Marginalian in 2021. Her work focuses on books, the arts, philosophy, culture, and other subjects, and has gained wide recognition for its writing and visual stylings. Popova is an essayist, book author, poet, and cultural critic with a background rooted in Bulgaria and currently based in Brooklyn, New York. She has served as an MIT Futures of Entertainment Fellow and was the editorial director at Lore, a social network focused on higher education. Her writing has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Wired UK. In addition to her writing and speaking engagements, she is known for creating The Universe in Verse, an annual event celebrating science and the natural world through poetry.