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Learn to Saunter Through Your Books | EP128

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Nobody Is Coming to Educate You | EP127

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📚 What I’m Reading This Year (Book Club Season 4) | EP 126

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The Reader’s Discipline: Choosing to Pay Attention | EP125

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Read Like Socrates: How to Choose Books That Actually Make You Better | EP 124

6

How I Rebuild a Reading Habit After Falling Off | EP 123

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Timothy Schaffert on The Titanic Survivors Book Club | EP 122

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My 2026 Reading Goals + 11 Books I Loved Reading in 2025 | EP121

9

My #1 Trick I for Remembering Books | EP120

10

Design the Perfect Reading Space | EP 119

11

Reading Deeply Takes Practice | EP118

12

How to Retain and Process What You Read 📚 | EP 117

13

Our Motto: Read Slowly - Take Notes - Apply the Ideas | EP 116

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Nietzsche and the Art of Living Dangerously | EP 115

15

Too Many Books to Read, Too Little Time | EP 114

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Learn to Journal Like Ralph Waldo Emerson | EP 113

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Was John Locke's Method of Journaling a Good Idea? | EP 112

18

Stay in Constant Contact with Your Journals | EP 111

19

A Journal is a Savings Bank of Ideas | EP 110

20

Why Bookstores Matter in a Digital World | EP 109

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Meet J.D. Barker: The Author Continuing Dracula’s Legacy | EP 108

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How to Read Philosophy Without Losing Your Mind | EP 107

23

Why You Forget Books—and How to Stop | EP 106

24

20 Brutal Truths Every Reader Needs to Hear | EP 105

25

The 53-Page Book That Consumed My Brain (So I Bought 100 Copies) | EP 104

26

Reading Used to Be Magical. What Happened? | EP 103

27

3 Books That Changed My Perspective | EP 102

28

How to Actually Remember the Books You Read | EP 101

29

11 Books for a Year of Deep Reading | EP 100

30

Why I Quit Some Books (and You Should Too) | EP 99

31

Want to Read Philosophy? Start with These 9 Easier Books | EP 98

32

How Books Help Us Make Sense of Real Life | EP 97

33

How to Read Like a Novelist: An Interview with Best Selling Authors L.R. Lam, Andrea Stewart, and Piers Torday | EP 96

34

Writing a Novel is Hard Work. Here's What I'm Learning | EP 95

35

I Fixed My Handwriting—and My Reading Improved | EP 94

36

The Difference Between Reading and Learning | EP 93

37

Is Classic Literature Worth Reading? | EP 92

38

6 Books That Helped Me Build a Daily Reading Habit | EP 91

39

Read, Highlight, Apply: A Simple Strategy | EP 90

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What Shakespeare’s Henry V Teaches About Reading Deeply | EP 89

41

Do You Forget Books? Try This When You Read | EP 88

42

When Reading FEELS Overwhelming | EP 87

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How to Read Books Without Feeling Overwhelmed | EP 86

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Plato's Euthyphro Rocks. Here's Why! | EP 85

45

Do I Read Multiple Books at the Same Time? | EP 84

46

Why Flowers for Algernon Was My Favorite Book of 2024 | EP 83

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How I'm Using Books to Learn a Foreign Language | EP 82

48

My Morning Reading Routine | EP 81

49

5 Lessons I Learned Reading Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals | EP 80

50

Philosopher’s Guide to Better Thinking: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Huemer | EP 79

51

Every Book I Read in 2024 (With a Review) | EP 78

52

How to ACTUALLY Learn from Audiobooks | EP 77

53

What to Do When Reading Feels Like a Chore | EP 76

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How to Take Great Notes (For Fiction Readers) | EP 75

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The Art of Mastery (For Book Lovers) | EP 74

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Books Make You a Better Thinker | EP 73

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Is Reading A Book A Week a Good Idea? | EP 72

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5 ODD Ideas That Improve Your Reading | EP 71

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5 Books I HATED But Now Can’t Stop Reading | EP 70

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The Science of Reading: What You Need to Know with Maryanne Wolf | EP 69

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Unlock the Secret to 5 Hours of Focused Reading | EP 68

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Struggling with Headaches While Reading? Here's What You Can Do | EP 67

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13 Chilling Books for Halloween Reading | EP 66

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The 9 Goblins Ruining Your Books | EP 65

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The 2 Benefits of Reading Slowly | EP 64

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The Adult’s Guide to Slowing Down and Reading Well | EP 63

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Conquer Your Journal Anxiety | EP 62

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Become a Better Reader: Tips from Pulitzer Prize Author Junot Díaz | EP 61

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I’m Starting a Bookstore | EP 60

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Sure Signs You’re a Book Nerd | EP 59

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How to Read and Understand “Difficult” Books | EP. 58

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The Shocking Truth of Her Terrifying Memoir! (Author of “Unveiled” - Yasmine Mohammed) | EP 57

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Why I Read: The Six Reasons Behind Every Book | EP 56

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How Wordsworth's Poem Will Transform Your Life | EP 55

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Fix Your Reading Brain: A 14-Day Challenge | EP 54

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Good Books vs. Great Books: A Conversation with Dr. Martin Jacobsen | EP 53

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The Power of Memoirs: Lessons from Real Lives | EP 52

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Allegory and Magical Realism | EP 51

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The Framework of Fiction: A Guide to Understanding Plot | EP 50

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Why Read Literature? A Deeper Look at the Benefits | EP 49

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Mastering the Basics of Russian Literature: An English Reader’s Companion | EP 48

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Revealing the Book Club Schedule: Season 2 (2024 / 2025) | EP 47

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Do Book Clubs Really Help? | EP 46

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Uncommon Tips for Better Reading | Interview with Dr. Martin Jacobsen | EP 45

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Turning the Page on Highlightish | EP 44

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The 4 Types of Readers (Which One Are You?) | EP 43

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Overcoming the Dreaded Reading Slump: 7 Ideas to Jumpstart Your Reading | EP 42

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The Art of Remembering: How to Make Any Book Stick | EP 41

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Is Poetry Worth Reading? | EP 40

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Learn to Read Like an Audiobook Narrator  | EP 39

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How to Think (And Read) For Yourself | EP 38

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You Are What You Read (The 5 Authors Test) | EP 37

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How Philosophy Books Make You Better | EP 36

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A Useful Trick to Read Everyday | EP 35

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3 Books Helping Me Find Happiness Post-Mormonism | EP 34

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Why Are You Trying So Hard to Impress Everyone? (Let’s Ask Plato) | EP 33

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The Trolly Dilemma: Would You Push a Man onto the Train Tracks? | EP 32

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Focused Reading: Learning from 'Essentialism’ | EP 31

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What I Learned in Yale’s Philosophy Course | EP 30

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I Read 10,000,000 Books This Year (And Learned This!) | EP 29