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The Read Well Podcast — 126 episodes
The Reader’s Discipline: Choosing to Pay Attention | EP125
Read Like Socrates: How to Choose Books That Actually Make You Better | EP 124
How I Rebuild a Reading Habit After Falling Off | EP 123
Timothy Schaffert on The Titanic Survivors Book Club | EP 122
My 2026 Reading Goals + 11 Books I Loved Reading in 2025 | EP121
My #1 Trick I for Remembering Books | EP120
Design the Perfect Reading Space | EP 119
Reading Deeply Takes Practice | EP118
How to Retain and Process What You Read 📚 | EP 117
Our Motto: Read Slowly - Take Notes - Apply the Ideas | EP 116
Nietzsche and the Art of Living Dangerously | EP 115
Too Many Books to Read, Too Little Time | EP 114
Learn to Journal Like Ralph Waldo Emerson | EP 113
Was John Locke's Method of Journaling a Good Idea? | EP 112
Stay in Constant Contact with Your Journals | EP 111
A Journal is a Savings Bank of Ideas | EP 110
Why Bookstores Matter in a Digital World | EP 109
Meet J.D. Barker: The Author Continuing Dracula’s Legacy | EP 108
How to Read Philosophy Without Losing Your Mind | EP 107
Why You Forget Books—and How to Stop | EP 106
20 Brutal Truths Every Reader Needs to Hear | EP 105
The 53-Page Book That Consumed My Brain (So I Bought 100 Copies) | EP 104
Reading Used to Be Magical. What Happened? | EP 103
3 Books That Changed My Perspective | EP 102
How to Actually Remember the Books You Read | EP 101
11 Books for a Year of Deep Reading | EP 100
Why I Quit Some Books (and You Should Too) | EP 99
Want to Read Philosophy? Start with These 9 Easier Books | EP 98
How Books Help Us Make Sense of Real Life | EP 97
How to Read Like a Novelist: An Interview with Best Selling Authors L.R. Lam, Andrea Stewart, and Piers Torday | EP 96
Writing a Novel is Hard Work. Here's What I'm Learning | EP 95
I Fixed My Handwriting—and My Reading Improved | EP 94
The Difference Between Reading and Learning | EP 93
Is Classic Literature Worth Reading? | EP 92
6 Books That Helped Me Build a Daily Reading Habit | EP 91
Read, Highlight, Apply: A Simple Strategy | EP 90
What Shakespeare’s Henry V Teaches About Reading Deeply | EP 89
Do You Forget Books? Try This When You Read | EP 88
When Reading FEELS Overwhelming | EP 87
How to Read Books Without Feeling Overwhelmed | EP 86
Plato's Euthyphro Rocks. Here's Why! | EP 85
Do I Read Multiple Books at the Same Time? | EP 84
Why Flowers for Algernon Was My Favorite Book of 2024 | EP 83
How I'm Using Books to Learn a Foreign Language | EP 82
My Morning Reading Routine | EP 81
5 Lessons I Learned Reading Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals | EP 80
Philosopher’s Guide to Better Thinking: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Huemer | EP 79
Every Book I Read in 2024 (With a Review) | EP 78
How to ACTUALLY Learn from Audiobooks | EP 77
What to Do When Reading Feels Like a Chore | EP 76
How to Take Great Notes (For Fiction Readers) | EP 75
The Art of Mastery (For Book Lovers) | EP 74
Books Make You a Better Thinker | EP 73
Is Reading A Book A Week a Good Idea? | EP 72
5 ODD Ideas That Improve Your Reading | EP 71
5 Books I HATED But Now Can’t Stop Reading | EP 70
The Science of Reading: What You Need to Know with Maryanne Wolf | EP 69
Unlock the Secret to 5 Hours of Focused Reading | EP 68
Struggling with Headaches While Reading? Here's What You Can Do | EP 67
13 Chilling Books for Halloween Reading | EP 66
The 9 Goblins Ruining Your Books | EP 65
The 2 Benefits of Reading Slowly | EP 64
The Adult’s Guide to Slowing Down and Reading Well | EP 63
Conquer Your Journal Anxiety | EP 62
Become a Better Reader: Tips from Pulitzer Prize Author Junot Díaz | EP 61
I’m Starting a Bookstore | EP 60
Sure Signs You’re a Book Nerd | EP 59
How to Read and Understand “Difficult” Books | EP. 58
The Shocking Truth of Her Terrifying Memoir! (Author of “Unveiled” - Yasmine Mohammed) | EP 57
Why I Read: The Six Reasons Behind Every Book | EP 56
How Wordsworth's Poem Will Transform Your Life | EP 55
Fix Your Reading Brain: A 14-Day Challenge | EP 54
Good Books vs. Great Books: A Conversation with Dr. Martin Jacobsen | EP 53
The Power of Memoirs: Lessons from Real Lives | EP 52
Allegory and Magical Realism | EP 51
The Framework of Fiction: A Guide to Understanding Plot | EP 50
Why Read Literature? A Deeper Look at the Benefits | EP 49
Mastering the Basics of Russian Literature: An English Reader’s Companion | EP 48
Revealing the Book Club Schedule: Season 2 (2024 / 2025) | EP 47
Do Book Clubs Really Help? | EP 46
Uncommon Tips for Better Reading | Interview with Dr. Martin Jacobsen | EP 45
Turning the Page on Highlightish | EP 44
The 4 Types of Readers (Which One Are You?) | EP 43
Overcoming the Dreaded Reading Slump: 7 Ideas to Jumpstart Your Reading | EP 42
The Art of Remembering: How to Make Any Book Stick | EP 41
Is Poetry Worth Reading? | EP 40
Learn to Read Like an Audiobook Narrator | EP 39
How to Think (And Read) For Yourself | EP 38
You Are What You Read (The 5 Authors Test) | EP 37
How Philosophy Books Make You Better | EP 36
A Useful Trick to Read Everyday | EP 35
3 Books Helping Me Find Happiness Post-Mormonism | EP 34
Why Are You Trying So Hard to Impress Everyone? (Let’s Ask Plato) | EP 33
The Trolly Dilemma: Would You Push a Man onto the Train Tracks? | EP 32
Focused Reading: Learning from 'Essentialism’ | EP 31
What I Learned in Yale’s Philosophy Course | EP 30
I Read 10,000,000 Books This Year (And Learned This!) | EP 29
Ultimate Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Book Lovers - The Perfect Gifts for Bookworms! | EP 28
Absorb Any Book with Atomic Notes | EP 27
I Changed 3 Reading Habits and Now Philosophy is More Understandable I EP 26
Why You Should Study Philosophy in 2024 | EP 25
What is a Good Reading Goal? | EP 24
Should You Set Reading Goals for 2024? | EP 23
Build a Reading Room | EP 22
Hard Books vs Boring Books | EP 21
5 Lessons I Learned Reading The Intellectual Life | EP 20
The 3 Reading Habits that Waste Time | EP 19
Learning How to Write (Well) Changes Everything | EP 18
Habit Stacking for Readers: Find More Time for Books | EP 17
Maximizing Your Experience in a Book Club | EP 16
How to Read (Like a Philosopher) | EP 15
Book Club Schedule for Season 1 (2023 - 2024) | EP 14
Improve Your Reading Focus | EP 13
Should You Read The Brothers Karamazov? | EP 12
This Book is DREADFUL! How to Make Difficult Books Interesting | EP 11
Do We Really Need to Read Books in 2023? | EP 10
This One Idea is Helping Me Understand the Philosophy of Nietzsche | EP 9
Thoughts on Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass | EP 8
Keep Your Second Brain Clutter-Free | EP 7
Grow Your Second Brain Intelligently | EP 6
Atomic Reading Habits | EP 5
Build The Ultimate Reading Kit | EP 4
The 7 Biggest Lies Readers Tell Themselves | EP 3
Overcome the Anxiety of Choosing Your Next Book | EP 2
Do NOT Read 200 Books This Year | EP 1
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