What new is there to learn about the dinosaurs and what do we not still know?

Paleontologist Steve Prasadhi joins us to talk about his new book, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs.

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Novelist and critic Victor Laval and Gilbert Cruz, culture editor here at the Times,

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Alexander Alter will give us an update from the publishing world,

and as many of our listeners know Philip Roth recently died, joining me to talk about Roth and his legacy,

our book critic Dwight Garner, A.O. Scott, our co-chief film critic here at the Times,

and Taffy Brotus' Our Ackner, a culture writer at the Times.

This is the Bookerview Podcast for the New York Times. I'm Pamela Paul.

Joining us now from Edinburgh, Steve Prasadhi, author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs,

a new history of a lost world. Steve, thanks so much for being here.

Thanks, Pamela.

So what are you doing in Edinburgh? Because you're American, as we can hear.

I am. I am. I'm definitely not Scottish. You can tell from my accent. I grew up in the Midwest,

in the Chicago area. But about five and a half years ago, I moved to Edinburgh.

The academic world is a world where you never know where you might travel to to get a job.

And so the University of Edinburgh hired me to teach geology and paleontology.

And I've really had a blast here at the Great University. And we're finding a lot of dinosaurs

here in Scotland, which makes it even more fun to be here.

Wow. And you also get to do British things. Like, aren't you the resident paleontologist

on the BBC is walking with dinosaurs program?

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