How reading has been changing us

The median American read two books in 2025. You can outdo them with a copy of Curious George and The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and then that Joe Pera book about being stuck in the bathroom. In the meantime, we wanted to talk about how nice it's been to just sit down and read. MORE PLACES TO FIND US Crubscribe ► https://bit.ly/Crubcast Get the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crub Our Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-Shows Join our Discord ► https://crub.org/join BlueSky ► https://bsky.app/profile/crub.org Come join our Steam group ► https://steamcommunity.com/groups/crubclub Podcasts are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms are available at ► https://crub.org SHOW NOTES These are the books Nicco read. These aren't affiliate links, for disclosure. If we were better at what we did these would be, but they aren't: 'Verity' by Colleen Hoover: https://www.colleenhoover.com/products/verity 'The Silent Patient' by Alex Michaelides https://www.alexmichaelides.com/silentpatient 'The Night of the Storm' by Nishita Parekh https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722885/the-night-of-the-storm-by-nishita-parekh/ TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTS Cassandra: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatTravGuy Chris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFan Nicco: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl56kbl3tb-KiGEHT7MUGUg Moriarty: https://www.youtube.com/@reallycool CHAPTERS 00:00 Heartwarming: This man read book 04:42 Heart more warmed: It was three books 06:03 What Nicco has been learning bout himself 08:46 The first book Nicco read 15:08 What commonly happens when someone returns to reading 21:45 What got Cass wanting to read again 26:02 Just read anything, please 30:28 It's okay to leave some things unexplained in media 36:23 The acceptance of uncertainty 42:14 Second-person perspectives and The Life of Pi 50:50 Cass finished Twin Peaks (watchcast coming soon) 56:29 What seemingly unremarkable things shaped us? (TheCrazyEven) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★