Welcome to The Podcast Reader, a new publication for the intellectually curious and those open to new ideas, featuring selected transcripts of the world’s best longform podcasts. From the overwhelming volume of podcast content, we’ve chosen the highlights for you. Longform podcasts are an important new media, but the excellent content they create is underappreciated. It’s easy to be distracted when listening to them. Interesting details can be missed, especially when episodes are long, and if you’re finding part of a conversation uninteresting, there are no practical ways to ‘skim’ the material. Our printed podcast transcripts make it easier to focus on key points and follow complex ideas
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THINK AGAIN • A FLOWER IS A WEED WITH A MARKETING BUDGET
ART, POLITICS AND THE ENDURING LESSONS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD • ON THE CLASSICS AND CHINA
THE LESSONS OF AFGHANISTAN • THE TWENTY-YEAR REGIME THAT DISSOLVED LIKE A DANDELION IN A SUMMER’S BREEZE
CUTTING THROUGH THE NOISE • OPTIMISM, OVERCONFIDENCE AND THE VALUE OF INTUITION
A WALK ON THE INTELLECTUAL WILD SIDE • OUR HOME IS IN THE STARS OR NOT AT ALL
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