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It's hard to read. Here's why.

It's hard to read. Here's why.

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Data from Gallup and the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that
Americans are reading fewer books and spending less time reading
than ever. There's been reporting on college kids struggling to
finish longer texts. And earlier this year, in a viral post, one
user lamented their loss of concentration for reading, which led to
a larger online discourse about how to approach books again.

Brittany revisits her convo with Elaine Castillo, author of the
book How to Read Now, and Abdullah Shihipar, Research Associate at
the People, Place and Health collective at Brown University, to get
into why reading books is on the decline, the battle for our
attention, and what people can do to get their reading grooves
back.

This episode originally published February 3, 2025.

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