Kyle Smith

Pittsburgh

Program Director and Assistant News Director at KBIZ-AM 1240 (Ottumwa, IA)

Writer and Editor at The Big Read 2021: War and Peace

Music Director and Midday Host on 91.3fm WYEP Pittsburgh Listen at 91.3fm in Pittsburgh - https://t.co/zvqQLCscmQ

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Articles

‘From the World of John Wick: Ballerina’ Review: From Leotards to Lethal Weapons

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Kyle Smith

Ana de Armas plays a dancer-turned-assassin in Len Wiseman’s violent franchise spinoff. The fighting in the John Wick movies is so intricately choreographed that it may fairly be described as balletic, so why not go one step further and call the spinoff “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina”?
Kyle Smith | The New Criterion

1 month ago | newcriterion.com | Kyle Smith

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7 Simple Projects to Refresh Your Vintage Ride

1 month ago | hagerty.com | Kyle Smith

Cars are implements designed to assist us in the completion of tasks. Tools, if you will. Using any tool will result in a little wear and tear, even with the most careful ownership. Vintage and collector cars that are not used as daily drivers can often degrade a lot more than we realize, since infrequent use means we don’t get quite as attuned to the nuances of how the car behaves. As a prime example, last fall I bought a 1985 Chevrolet Corvette, and its first drive in my ownership was rough.
The End of My XR600R Project Is So, So Close

1 month ago | hagerty.com | Kyle Smith

Over 18 months ago I plopped down some cash and bought a rough Honda XR600R, telling myself that I would get the bike running over the winter. I planned to ride it in the spring while I figured out what I really wanted to do with it. I have yet to ride the bike—and, surprisingly, I am okay with that—but I do have a plan: the 400-mile-plus dual-sport ride from L.A. to Barstow to Vegas on Thanksgiving weekend.
Autocross in My 1985 Corvette Went Far Better than Expected

1 month ago | hagerty.com | Kyle Smith

As those who have the “pleasure” of listening to me ramble in person might be annoyed to hear, one of my favorite one-liners is “it takes all types to make a world.” I often use this as a stand-in for simply saying that how someone else chooses to do a task is not the way I would have done it. It’s not good or bad, just different than what I would do.
Uracil-DNA Glycosylase of Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68 Binds Cognate Viral Replication Factors Independently of Its Catalytic Residues

1 month ago | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Kyle Smith

AbstractHerpesviruses are large double-stranded DNA viruses that encode core replication proteins and accessory factors involved in nucleotide metabolism and DNA repair. Mammalian uracil-DNA glycosylases (UNG) excise deleterious uracil residues from their genomic DNA. Each herpesvirus UNG studied to date has demonstrated conservation of the enzymatic function to excise uracil residues from DNA.
6 Tools in Your Garage That Likely Need Maintenance

1 month ago | hagerty.com | Kyle Smith

The tools in our toolbox are items meant to keep other things running smoothly, but what about the tools themselves? Don’t they occasionally need a little bit of love? Of course they do, and while box-end wrenches and screwdrivers might only need the occasionally wipe down to get the worst of the oil and grease off, there are a few other items in most DIY home shops that would appreciate a bit more attention and regular upkeep.
6 Tools in Your Garage That Likely Need Maintenance

1 month ago | hagerty.com | Kyle Smith

The tools in our toolbox are items meant to keep other things running smoothly, but what about the tools themselves? Don’t they occasionally need a little bit of love? Of course they do, and while box-end wrenches and screwdrivers might only need the occasionally wipe down to get the worst of the oil and grease off, there are a few other items in most DIY home shops that would appreciate a bit more attention and regular upkeep.
‘The Damned’ Review: Stasis in the Civil War

1 month ago | wsj.com | Kyle Smith

Roberto Minervini’s austere drama observes the daily life of a group of Union soldiers in 1862 on the Western frontier. War is boring as hell in “The Damned,” an austere western drama set far from the battlefields on the 1862 frontier. It seeks not to tell a story but to capture a set of feelings. None of them are pleasant.
Optogenetic Mapping of Rhythmic Phase-Dependent Excitability in the Mouse Striatum

1 month ago | jneurosci.org | James Carmichael |Kyle Smith

Optogenetic Mapping of Rhythmic Phase-Dependent Excitability in the Mouse Striatum Manish Mohapatra, James Eric Carmichael, Kyle S. Smith, Matthijs A. A. van der Meer Journal of Neuroscience 14 May 2025, 45 (20) e0218242025; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0218-24.2025