The Read Well Podcast
By Eddy Hood
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Episodes: 128
Description
Welcome to The Read Well Podcast, a weekly show dedicated to building a strong reading habit, improving research strategies, and learning intellectual ideas from the books you love. Your passion may be the wisdom of Plato, how to cook a curry, or the complex ideas hidden in Dostoevsky’s fiction. Whatever you’re researching today, this show is about helping you master the topic. You’ll find practical advice on how to take effective book notes, develop your annotation skills, and benefit from tools like a Zettelkasten or a second brain. So grab your favorite book, and let's get started.
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Nobody Is Coming to Educate You | EP127
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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📚 What I’m Reading This Year (Book Club Season 4) | EP 126
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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The Reader’s Discipline: Choosing to Pay Attention | EP125
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Read Like Socrates: How to Choose Books That Actually Make You Better | EP 124
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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How I Rebuild a Reading Habit After Falling Off | EP 123
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Timothy Schaffert on The Titanic Survivors Book Club | EP 122
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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My 2026 Reading Goals + 11 Books I Loved Reading in 2025 | EP121
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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My #1 Trick I for Remembering Books | EP120
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Design the Perfect Reading Space | EP 119
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Reading Deeply Takes Practice | EP118
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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How to Retain and Process What You Read 📚 | EP 117
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Our Motto: Read Slowly - Take Notes - Apply the Ideas | EP 116
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Nietzsche and the Art of Living Dangerously | EP 115
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Too Many Books to Read, Too Little Time | EP 114
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Learn to Journal Like Ralph Waldo Emerson | EP 113
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Was John Locke's Method of Journaling a Good Idea? | EP 112
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Stay in Constant Contact with Your Journals | EP 111
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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A Journal is a Savings Bank of Ideas | EP 110
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Why Bookstores Matter in a Digital World | EP 109
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Meet J.D. Barker: The Author Continuing Dracula’s Legacy | EP 108
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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How to Read Philosophy Without Losing Your Mind | EP 107
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Why You Forget Books—and How to Stop | EP 106
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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20 Brutal Truths Every Reader Needs to Hear | EP 105
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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The 53-Page Book That Consumed My Brain (So I Bought 100 Copies) | EP 104
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Reading Used to Be Magical. What Happened? | EP 103
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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3 Books That Changed My Perspective | EP 102
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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How to Actually Remember the Books You Read | EP 101
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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11 Books for a Year of Deep Reading | EP 100
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May 19, 2025 |
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Why I Quit Some Books (and You Should Too) | EP 99
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May 12, 2025 |
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Want to Read Philosophy? Start with These 9 Easier Books | EP 98
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May 05, 2025 |
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How Books Help Us Make Sense of Real Life | EP 97
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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How to Read Like a Novelist: An Interview with Best Selling Authors L.R. Lam, Andrea Stewart, and Piers Torday | EP 96
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Writing a Novel is Hard Work. Here's What I'm Learning | EP 95
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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I Fixed My Handwriting—and My Reading Improved | EP 94
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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The Difference Between Reading and Learning | EP 93
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Is Classic Literature Worth Reading? | EP 92
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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6 Books That Helped Me Build a Daily Reading Habit | EP 91
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Read, Highlight, Apply: A Simple Strategy | EP 90
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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What Shakespeare’s Henry V Teaches About Reading Deeply | EP 89
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Do You Forget Books? Try This When You Read | EP 88
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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When Reading FEELS Overwhelming | EP 87
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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How to Read Books Without Feeling Overwhelmed | EP 86
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Plato's Euthyphro Rocks. Here's Why! | EP 85
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Do I Read Multiple Books at the Same Time? | EP 84
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Why Flowers for Algernon Was My Favorite Book of 2024 | EP 83
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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How I'm Using Books to Learn a Foreign Language | EP 82
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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My Morning Reading Routine | EP 81
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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5 Lessons I Learned Reading Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals | EP 80
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Philosopher’s Guide to Better Thinking: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Huemer | EP 79
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Every Book I Read in 2024 (With a Review) | EP 78
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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How to ACTUALLY Learn from Audiobooks | EP 77
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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What to Do When Reading Feels Like a Chore | EP 76
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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How to Take Great Notes (For Fiction Readers) | EP 75
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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The Art of Mastery (For Book Lovers) | EP 74
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Books Make You a Better Thinker | EP 73
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Is Reading A Book A Week a Good Idea? | EP 72
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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5 ODD Ideas That Improve Your Reading | EP 71
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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5 Books I HATED But Now Can’t Stop Reading | EP 70
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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The Science of Reading: What You Need to Know with Maryanne Wolf | EP 69
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Unlock the Secret to 5 Hours of Focused Reading | EP 68
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Struggling with Headaches While Reading? Here's What You Can Do | EP 67
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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13 Chilling Books for Halloween Reading | EP 66
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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The 9 Goblins Ruining Your Books | EP 65
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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The 2 Benefits of Reading Slowly | EP 64
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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The Adult’s Guide to Slowing Down and Reading Well | EP 63
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Conquer Your Journal Anxiety | EP 62
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Become a Better Reader: Tips from Pulitzer Prize Author Junot Díaz | EP 61
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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I’m Starting a Bookstore | EP 60
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Sure Signs You’re a Book Nerd | EP 59
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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How to Read and Understand “Difficult” Books | EP. 58
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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The Shocking Truth of Her Terrifying Memoir! (Author of “Unveiled” - Yasmine Mohammed) | EP 57
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Why I Read: The Six Reasons Behind Every Book | EP 56
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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How Wordsworth's Poem Will Transform Your Life | EP 55
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Fix Your Reading Brain: A 14-Day Challenge | EP 54
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Good Books vs. Great Books: A Conversation with Dr. Martin Jacobsen | EP 53
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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The Power of Memoirs: Lessons from Real Lives | EP 52
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Allegory and Magical Realism | EP 51
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May 28, 2024 |
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The Framework of Fiction: A Guide to Understanding Plot | EP 50
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May 20, 2024 |
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Why Read Literature? A Deeper Look at the Benefits | EP 49
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May 13, 2024 |
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Mastering the Basics of Russian Literature: An English Reader’s Companion | EP 48
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May 06, 2024 |
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Revealing the Book Club Schedule: Season 2 (2024 / 2025) | EP 47
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Do Book Clubs Really Help? | EP 46
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Uncommon Tips for Better Reading | Interview with Dr. Martin Jacobsen | EP 45
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Turning the Page on Highlightish | EP 44
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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The 4 Types of Readers (Which One Are You?) | EP 43
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Overcoming the Dreaded Reading Slump: 7 Ideas to Jumpstart Your Reading | EP 42
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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The Art of Remembering: How to Make Any Book Stick | EP 41
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Is Poetry Worth Reading? | EP 40
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Learn to Read Like an Audiobook Narrator | EP 39
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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How to Think (And Read) For Yourself | EP 38
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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You Are What You Read (The 5 Authors Test) | EP 37
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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How Philosophy Books Make You Better | EP 36
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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A Useful Trick to Read Everyday | EP 35
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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3 Books Helping Me Find Happiness Post-Mormonism | EP 34
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Why Are You Trying So Hard to Impress Everyone? (Let’s Ask Plato) | EP 33
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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The Trolly Dilemma: Would You Push a Man onto the Train Tracks? | EP 32
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Focused Reading: Learning from 'Essentialism’ | EP 31
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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What I Learned in Yale’s Philosophy Course | EP 30
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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I Read 10,000,000 Books This Year (And Learned This!) | EP 29
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Ultimate Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Book Lovers - The Perfect Gifts for Bookworms! | EP 28
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Absorb Any Book with Atomic Notes | EP 27
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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I Changed 3 Reading Habits and Now Philosophy is More Understandable I EP 26
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Why You Should Study Philosophy in 2024 | EP 25
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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What is a Good Reading Goal? | EP 24
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Should You Set Reading Goals for 2024? | EP 23
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Build a Reading Room | EP 22
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Hard Books vs Boring Books | EP 21
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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5 Lessons I Learned Reading The Intellectual Life | EP 20
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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The 3 Reading Habits that Waste Time | EP 19
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Learning How to Write (Well) Changes Everything | EP 18
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Habit Stacking for Readers: Find More Time for Books | EP 17
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Maximizing Your Experience in a Book Club | EP 16
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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How to Read (Like a Philosopher) | EP 15
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Book Club Schedule for Season 1 (2023 - 2024) | EP 14
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Improve Your Reading Focus | EP 13
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Should You Read The Brothers Karamazov? | EP 12
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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This Book is DREADFUL! How to Make Difficult Books Interesting | EP 11
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Do We Really Need to Read Books in 2023? | EP 10
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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This One Idea is Helping Me Understand the Philosophy of Nietzsche | EP 9
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Thoughts on Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass | EP 8
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Keep Your Second Brain Clutter-Free | EP 7
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Grow Your Second Brain Intelligently | EP 6
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Atomic Reading Habits | EP 5
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Build The Ultimate Reading Kit | EP 4
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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The 7 Biggest Lies Readers Tell Themselves | EP 3
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Overcome the Anxiety of Choosing Your Next Book | EP 2
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Do NOT Read 200 Books This Year | EP 1
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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The Read Well Podcast (Trailer)
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Jun 18, 2023 |