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Three years strong, y’all! We’re back with our favorite tradition: The Reading Culture Yearbook. As we close out 2025, we’ve gathered superlatives and stories that celebrate some of the memorable authors who joined us on the show this year. This year’s edition features awards suc ...  Show more

“The library is where I felt, I'm safe here. I have friends in Encyclopedia Brown, Junie B. Jones, Amelia Bedelia, Stanley Yelnats, and all these various characters. I think that's the beauty. That's the sanctuary, the sacredness of that physical space.” – Mychal Threets ...  Show more

Garrett Hongo joins Kevin Young to read “T’ang Notebook,” by Charles Wright, and his own poem “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/26/on-emptiness-garret ...

🎧 Extended Ad-free Audiobook Summary, PDF & Infographic / Show notes / Free audiobook / Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss is a best-selling self-improvement book that uncovers the habits, mindsets, and strategies of top performers, providing unique insights to optimize health, prod ...  Show more

Matthew McConaughey is an Academy Award-winning actor, producer, author, and professor of film, known for his captivating leading roles and versatility. He has appeared in more than 40 feature films, beginning with his breakout role in Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused, that ...  Show more

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be mo ...