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The Read Well Podcast — 126 episodes

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1

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

2

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

3

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

4

Timothy Schaffert on The Titanic Survivors Book Club | EP 122

5

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

6

My #1 Trick I for Remembering Books | EP120

7

Design the Perfect Reading Space | EP 119

8

Reading Deeply Takes Practice | EP118

9

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

10

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

11

Nietzsche and the Art of Living Dangerously | EP 115

12

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

13

Learn to Journal Like Ralph Waldo Emerson | EP 113

14

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

15

Stay in Constant Contact with Your Journals | EP 111

16

A Journal is a Savings Bank of Ideas | EP 110

17

Why Bookstores Matter in a Digital World | EP 109

18

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

19

How to Read Philosophy Without Losing Your Mind | EP 107

20

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

21

20 Brutal Truths Every Reader Needs to Hear | EP 105

22

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

23

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

24

3 Books That Changed My Perspective | EP 102

25

How to Actually Remember the Books You Read | EP 101

26

11 Books for a Year of Deep Reading | EP 100

27

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

28

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

29

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

30

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

31

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

32

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

33

The Difference Between Reading and Learning | EP 93

34

Is Classic Literature Worth Reading? | EP 92

35

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

36

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

37

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

38

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

39

When Reading FEELS Overwhelming | EP 87

40

How to Read Books Without Feeling Overwhelmed | EP 86

41

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

42

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

43

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

44

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

45

My Morning Reading Routine | EP 81

46

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

47

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

48

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

49

How to ACTUALLY Learn from Audiobooks | EP 77

50

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

51

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

52

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

53

Books Make You a Better Thinker | EP 73

54

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

55

5 ODD Ideas That Improve Your Reading | EP 71

56

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

57

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

58

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

59

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

60

13 Chilling Books for Halloween Reading | EP 66

61

The 9 Goblins Ruining Your Books | EP 65

62

The 2 Benefits of Reading Slowly | EP 64

63

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

64

Conquer Your Journal Anxiety | EP 62

65

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

66

I’m Starting a Bookstore | EP 60

67

Sure Signs You’re a Book Nerd | EP 59

68

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

69

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

70

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

71

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

72

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

73

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

74

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

75

Allegory and Magical Realism | EP 51

76

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

77

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

78

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

79

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

80

Do Book Clubs Really Help? | EP 46

81

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

82

Turning the Page on Highlightish | EP 44

83

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

84

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

85

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

86

Is Poetry Worth Reading? | EP 40

87

Learn to Read Like an Audiobook Narrator  | EP 39

88

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

89

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

90

How Philosophy Books Make You Better | EP 36

91

A Useful Trick to Read Everyday | EP 35

92

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

93

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

94

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

95

Focused Reading: Learning from 'Essentialism’ | EP 31

96

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

97

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

98

Ultimate Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Book Lovers - The Perfect Gifts for Bookworms! | EP 28

99

Absorb Any Book with Atomic Notes | EP 27

100

I Changed 3 Reading Habits and Now Philosophy is More Understandable I EP 26

101

Why You Should Study Philosophy in 2024 | EP 25

102

What is a Good Reading Goal? | EP 24

103

Should You Set Reading Goals for 2024? | EP 23

104

Build a Reading Room | EP 22

105

Hard Books vs Boring Books | EP 21

106

5 Lessons I Learned Reading The Intellectual Life | EP 20

107

The 3 Reading Habits that Waste Time | EP 19

108

Learning How to Write (Well) Changes Everything | EP 18

109

Habit Stacking for Readers: Find More Time for Books | EP 17

110

Maximizing Your Experience in a Book Club | EP 16

111

How to Read (Like a Philosopher) | EP 15

112

Book Club Schedule for Season 1 (2023 - 2024) | EP 14

113

Improve Your Reading Focus | EP 13

114

Should You Read The Brothers Karamazov? | EP 12

115

This Book is DREADFUL! How to Make Difficult Books Interesting | EP 11

116

Do We Really Need to Read Books in 2023? | EP 10

117

This One Idea is Helping Me Understand the Philosophy of Nietzsche | EP 9

118

Thoughts on Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass | EP 8

119

Keep Your Second Brain Clutter-Free | EP 7

120

Grow Your Second Brain Intelligently | EP 6

121

Atomic Reading Habits | EP 5

122

Build The Ultimate Reading Kit | EP 4

123

The 7 Biggest Lies Readers Tell Themselves | EP 3

124

Overcome the Anxiety of Choosing Your Next Book | EP 2

125

Do NOT Read 200 Books This Year | EP 1

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The Read Well Podcast (Trailer)