Are Ryan Holiday’s Reading Rules Actually Good?

The Really Very Crunchy Podcast

Emily & Jason Morrow

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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In this episode, Emily and Jason sit down with Ryan Holiday’s “22 Rules for Reading” and put them to the test. As two people who genuinely love books but approach reading very differently, they talk through which rules they wholeheartedly agree with, which ones feel unrealistic for busy parents, and which ones might be a little too rigid for real life. Emily’s Book: Really Very Crunchy https://amzn.to/4cX9JmH Little Helper Big Imagination https://amzn.to/4lbNufe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the really very crunchy podcast with your host, Emily.
0:05.0	And Jason, Emily, you are 21 weeks. Do you want to know how big the baby is?
0:11.7	Not in the size of a vegetable.
0:13.9	It's a fruit.
0:15.4	Okay, fine. That's a little better. What?
0:17.5	Oh, it's better because it's sweeter?
0:19.1	I like fruit.
0:19.9	Oh, yeah.
0:20.7	I mean, I love vegetables. Wait, hold on. What's your favorite fruit?
0:25.1	Hmm. And is it roughly the size of a 21 week old baby? Is it mango? No. I do love mango.
0:33.1	Yeah. Man, mango. What if you just lived in a place where mango just grew on trees around you?
0:39.0	Some do.
0:39.9	I know.
0:40.7	It's pretty incredible.
0:41.5	If you live...
0:43.9	Where Mango grows.
0:46.2	Yeah.
0:46.7	No, according to this app, you're going to love this, a large banana.
0:53.2	A large banana is the worst. That's just not. Did you think banana was my
0:59.9	favorite fruit? No, no, I knew it wasn't. But it's sweet. And I could go for a banana right now.
1:04.8	Maybe I'm low on potassium. I don't know. I swear when I was a kid and I had growing pains in my legs.
1:13.2	Did that actually work?
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