Dr Ally Louks & David Quan 权丁文 | 120M+ Viral PhD 'Politics of Smell' (Threats, Police → Cambridge Support → Book Deal 2027!), Healing (Stepdad's Passing 11YO, Therapy, Body Awareness), Bisexual Vegan Feminist, Why No AI, Maple | Coffee's on Me, David Quan
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Dr. Ally Louks: "I had such a wonderful time speaking to David for his Podcast "Coffee’s on Me, David Quan 权丁文" in the grounds of my Cambridge University college, Peterhouse. Despite being encroached upon by a ladybird, a wasp, and a stray coffee cup over the course of the conversation, I wouldn’t have change the outdoor setting for the world. David was such a generous and thoughtful interlocutor and a natural interviewer, who allowed me to feel at ease, despite my general introversion. There were moments of real symbiosis that I’ll remember fondly and I am glad they were captured. It’s certainly the most intimate and personal interview I’ve done to date and I learned a little about myself too: namely that I am really bad at lightning round answers (sorry). But we covered so many topics close to my heart: books, mental health, smell in its many facets (of course), bisexuality, and how to cope with being a creative and empathetic person in an increasingly harsh world.“
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Dr. Ally Louks is an author, public academic, and supervisor in English Literature at the University of Cambridge. Her work is situated in the interdisciplinary field of Sensory Studies, but her focus is on smell, culture, and literature. She is currently working to turn her PhD thesis on the politics of smell in modern and contemporary literature into an academic book and is writing a trade non-fiction book called Under Your Nose: The Pleasures and Politics of Smell, to be published in Spring 2027 by Chatto & Windus and Tarcher, imprints of Penguin Random House. She is invested in bringing academic work on smell to public audiences through social media, broadcasting, and public writing.
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