I stumbled onto James Gomes (pronounced "GOHMZ," not "GOH-mez") on Reddit.com, which I have since abandoned as a forum for anything other than dumb questions, confirmation bias and echo chambers.
However, I found a few interesting people along the way, like James. We were both into old books, and I was surprised to hear he'd read and re-read a particular book, like, every year ... for many years.
In this episode, we find out the particular pull of Herman Hesse's Siddhartha for James as well as how a non-reader became a regular and repeating reader at all.
Spend this conversation with us thinking about why you read and whether repeat readings help or comfort you.
Further reading:
65: One man’s military life: Anonymous talks about before and in the French military
BONUS! Gabi Dyck makes hand-made dice … and more
64: What do we do with this life? Georgios asks, with Socrates, Aristotle and me, but in a very roundabout way
63: Josh has done psychedelic drugs
62: Beth Mayorga on fan fiction
61: Noah Mussay talks about spina bifida
60: Jeffery D. Long on Indian philosophy
59: Adam Gray teaches English in Taiwan
58: John France illuminates the Crusades
57: Christine Horne studied COVID social norms
56: Jeremy Black writes about WWII maps
55: Aaron Gruben on Christian veterinarians
54: Ray Sydner does hypnotherapy
53: Allan Horwitz studies sadness, depression
52: Gene Maxwell chills out with his music
51: Gregory McBrayer studies Xenophon
50: Greg Kindred does commercial photography
49: Nick Grabbe knows David Grayson’s secret
48: Noah Aronson makes musical moments
Episode 47: Jeremy Black on Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, and more
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