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Episode 009: Reading Declines, Chicken Rises

🎙️Episode 009: Reading Declines, Chicken Rises

In Episode 9, Brian dives into the sharp decline of reading for pleasure, reflecting on his own shift to audiobooks while exploring why leisure reading still matters. He also unpacks the return of McDonald’s Snack Wrap and what it says about America’s ongoing “chicken wars,” before shifting to sports with Raja Bell’s memorable clothesline of Kobe Bryant, the Packers’ blockbuster deal for Micah Parsons, and ASU football’s new fan incentives. A tongue-in-cheek Not a Sponsor segment pokes fun at our fading relationship with books, while productivity…

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