Ep 501: Crafting a personal curriculum for a lifelong learner

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

Books, Arts, Leisure

4.8 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

When she discovered the idea of a personal curriculum, today's guest couldn't wait to apply this concept to her reading life. Amy St. Amand, a primary care clinical pharmacist from Rhode Island, wants to know a little bit about a whole lot of things. She's working to build a personal learning plan that encompasses a variety of her assorted interests, and she's here today for Anne's help in developing and refining her selected topics. Anne couldn't wait to hear more about Amy's approach, why this idea resonated with her so much, and her progress so far. After they explore Amy's project, Anne recommends a whole lot of mostly nonfiction books that will help Amy delve deeper into her chosen topics. See the list of titles mentioned today at our show notes page, which you'll find at whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/501. If you're a member of our Modern Mrs. Darcy Book Club, today's topic may sound familiar in a really fun way. We touched on the idea of a personal curriculum in our recent book club class, A Close Look at Great Books. Among other topics, this class explored our community manager Ginger Horton's ongoing grad school experience focused on a Great Books curriculum, and how you can apply some of those ideas to your own reading life. If this sounds like good nerdy fun to you, head over to ModernMrsDarcy.com/club for even more of these types of conversations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	intellectual curiosity leads to a good deal of overwhelmed because when everything sounds interesting,
0:07.0	you have a lot more options than someone who only wants to read about pharmacology, let's say,
0:13.1	under the circumstances. Sure. And that's something I don't want to read about.
0:18.0	I have zero recommendations for you. So that is going to work out really well for both of us.
0:22.8	Perfect.
0:26.1	Hey, readers, I'm Ann Bogle, and this is What Should I Read Next?
0:31.7	Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader.
0:36.8	What should I read next? We don't get
0:39.2	bossy on the show. What we will do here is give you the information you need to choose your next read.
0:45.1	Every week we'll talk all things books and reading and do a little literary matchmaking with one guest. Readers, if you're a member of our modern Mrs. Darcy Book Club, today's topic may sound
1:02.1	familiar in a really fun way. Today we're exploring the idea of a personal curriculum, something
1:07.7	we touched on in our recent book club class called A Close Look at Great
1:11.7	Books, when our community manager Ginger Horton shared more about her ongoing grad school
1:16.4	experience focused on a great books curriculum and how you can apply some of those great books
1:21.4	ideas to your own reading life in ways that are either formal or informal depending on what
1:26.4	you're looking for.
1:32.1	If this sounds like good nerdy fun to you, I want you to know this is the kind of thing we do in book club all the time. Head over to modern mrs.darcy.com slash club to see what's going on over
1:38.1	there right now. And if you might want to join us in book club, that's modern mrs.darsi.com
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