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Dec 2024
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The Reading Culture: Yearbook 2024

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About this episode

It’s official. Two years in a row makes it a tradition. 


The Reading Culture Yearbook is here. 


It’s the year-end celebratory episode where we look back and highlight some of our favorite moments in the form of awarding superlatives. Or, as we dubbed them last year and seemingly forgot, “The Readies.”


This year’s edition features awards such as “Best [Not] Meet Cute,” the “Owning It Award,” the “Merriam-Webster Award” (alternatively titled “Most Likely to Know More Words than Merriam-Webster”), and “The Teen Whisperer Award."


And just like last year, we promise to make you laugh and potentially cry depending on how quickly you reach for the tissues.


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Show Chapters

Chapter 1 - Best Alter Ego

Chapter 2 - The Teen Whisperer Award

Chapter 3 - Full Circle Moment 

Chapter 4 - Best [Not] Meet Cute

Chapter 5 - Citizen of the World Award

Chapter 6 - Odd Couple Award

Chapter 7 - The All-In Award

Chapter 8 - Most Moving Dream 

Chapter 9 - Best Life Lesson From Literature

Chapter 10 - Owning It Award 

Chapter 11 - Most Likely to Rewrite the Stars 

Chapter 12 - Merriam-Webster Award

Chapter 13 - Best Dinner Party Game


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Host: Jordan Lloyd Bookey

Producer: Jackie Lamport and Lower Street Media

Script Editors: Josia Lamberto-Egan, Jackie Lamport, Jordan Lloyd Bookey

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