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Reading Glasses Podcast Transcripts

Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara · 492 episodes with transcripts

Want to learn how to make the most of your reading life? Join Brea Grant and Mallory O’Meara every week as they discuss tips and tricks for reading better!

Spoken has transcripts of 492 Reading Glasses episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 8, 2026.

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Ep 483 - Banned Books Week - Being a Reader in a Dystopian Hellscape

October 8, 2026

Mallory O'Meara (0:06)

You're listening to Reading Glasses, a show about book culture and literary life designed to help you read better. I'm author and book devourer Mallory O'Meara.

Brea Grant (0:13)

And I'm Brea Grant, filmmaker and e-reader. This episode, we're taking off another box from the Reading Glasses Glasses Glasses Challenge, read a banned book by an author that is still alive. That was the key to that one.

Mallory O'Meara (0:24)

Very important element.

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