This is the Zero to Well-Read Podcast.
We’re Book Riot CEO Jeff O’Neal and Chief of Staff Rebecca Schinsky, and we’ve been talking about books together for 15 years. In that time, we’ve heard from a lot of people who feel like they missed the window to read the so-called “important” books, or who just never wanted to slog through them alone. Lately, we’ve also been talking about the ways that reading and engaging deeply with what we read can be a form of resistance to algorithmic slop, dopamine addiction, and brain rot. It’s out of these conversations that Zero to Well-Read was born.
From classics to contemporary hits and social media sensations, we’ll tell you why these books are great, what you should know about them, what makes them weird and fun and strange, and why they matter. It’s the literary cocktail you always wanted to go to…as long as no one would ask you what you thought of Ulysses. A new episode drops every Tuesday.
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