We were overwhelmed by Margaret Cavendish’s wild novel The Blazing World, so we needed to bring in an expert. Who did we turn to? Liza Blake, assistant professor of English at the University of Toronto. She works on literature and science, literature and philosophy, and, most recently, the books of Margaret Cavendish. Perfect! We talk about how to get past those first impressions of Cavendish, what parts of The Blazing World are satire, the importance of speculation to science and philosophy, and whether animals can philosophize. (You might hear some animals philosophizing in the background…)