Dave and I are back in the studio while Barnabas is still off doing something else. So, we're joined by our friends, Nick Rynerson and James Kinnard, to talk about our reading through different seasons of life. Listen in as we discuss:

How our reading habits grew and changed from high school through adulthood
If teen boys will successfully impress girls by reading eastern philosophy
Books we read in high school that we ended up liking
What happens when a middle-schooler reads Camus
If Bloomington counts as a suburb of Chicago
The problem with self-appointed experts

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A few of the books we mention on this episode

Herzog by Saul Bellow
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Dune by Frank Herbert
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Surprised by Joy by C. S. Lewis

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