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In Praise of a Personal Syllabus

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What a Difference a Year Makes

It’s been one year—56 episodes, 43 books, 1.1 million downloads—to the day since Zero to Well-Read launched, and I feel like I should have something profound to say.

Spending the last year deeply engaged with the Great Books has certainly...

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The Past is Never Far

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