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16 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT
Erin and Clayton read Lonesome Dove!
We're back!
A little older, wiser and with a whole new vibe. In this episode Erin and Clayton discuss where they've been, what they've been reading and why they're back!
Full episode also on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@learningthetropespodcast
Erin's Best Reads of 2025
These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean
Our Song by Anna Carey
You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrigue
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Clayton's Best Reads of 2025
The Wall Marlen Haushofer
Sky Daddy by Kate Folk
Blue Light Hours by Bruna Dantas Labato
Breaking and Entering by Joy Williams
Stainless by Todd Grimson
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Erin and Clayton read Lonesome Dove!
Published 16 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I think it just takes one book where somebody who's like, I only read to learn, they learn something after reading a fiction book in a way that they didn't expect. Because the way you learn through a fiction book is different than the way you learn through nonfiction. Yeah. And I think the book that we're going to talk about, we'll get to it, seems like a book that a lot of people who are non-readers have decided to read. Yeah. Which is great. I think anytime you can get into fiction, anyhow, no matter what, it's good. And so I do think that it just takes that one and then they realize, yeah, you can learn empathy. […]
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