664: Comfort Reading

Interacting with familiar things helps create a sense of comfort. And the predictability of books or media does that in a way that few other things can.

593: Let’s Read

What book(s) are you looking forward to reading? Full episode script Way back in Episode 70, I included a quote from the National Council of Teachers of English. And while I’m not usually a fan of repeating sources and keeping each episode new, it’s powerful enough I think it’s worth repeating. Quote: “The right of […]

404: Magazines

What magazine(s) do you or would you subscribe to? Show notes and links: http://www.freeportpress.com http://www.journalism.org http://thehill.com Full episode script I’ll admit it – I’m old-school. At least when it comes to my magazines. I have just about every size and type of device you can imagine that I could read a magazine on, but I […]

396: 20 Minutes

You’ve got 20 minutes to yourself. What do you do? Show notes and links: https://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-topics/napping https://lifehacker.com/what-happens-to-the-brain-when-you-meditate-and-how-it-1202533314 Full episode script Today’s question: You’ve got 20 minutes to yourself. What do you do? No matter what you do with your everyday life or what kind of schedule you keep, it seems like that one-third hour break that […]

Deep Dive: Marginalia

From doodles in the margins to neat underlines and check marks, to entirely separate second stories. Marginalia — the writing in the margins of books — is a hugely fascinating subject.

229: Reading material

What kind of reading material do you prefer?

70: Reading up

What’s on your “required reading” list?

41: The margins

Do you consider the practice of hand-annotating a book you are reading sacrilege or a part of a time-honored tradition?