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Mar 2025
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#136: Does Reading Make Us Better People...

Simon and Rachel
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Agatha Christie, Gwen Bristow, Bruce Manning and reading morality – welcome to episode 136 of Tea or Books?! In the first half of this episode, we discuss whether or not we take moral instruction from the books we read – 
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