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April 20, 2026
Dan and Michael Read a Book: Why We Treat Books as Sacred (and When They’re Just Trash)
This week on People Stuff, Dan and Michael tackle the strange cultural life of books—why we treat them like holy objects, why libraries throw them away, and how to decide what’s actually worth reading.
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