The Sound Off – Why Reading Is Still the Best Medium

The Solomon Ray Podcast

Solomon Ray

Comedy

4.9 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

I’m talking about why reading is still my favorite form of media and why nothing else compares. I share some of the books that shaped me and explain why reading slows me down, deepens empathy, and gives me something no other medium can.

Books I mention in this episode

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Transcript

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0:00.0	Why do growing businesses love working in Slack?
0:02.8	Let's ask Christia Ari Bikes.
0:04.6	Running things in Slack saves me so much time.
0:07.3	AI summaries save 97 minutes per week.
0:10.4	What say you?
0:11.4	Rocks from Gosney.
0:12.4	Slack helps us build community.
0:13.9	It helps us build connection.
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0:18.3	Take us on home, Ashley from Carraway.
0:20.2	If we did have Slack tomorrow, I would explode.
0:23.4	Well, let's not let that happen.
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0:32.2	Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
0:40.9	Solomon going to give it to you all.
0:43.6	Making the girls gag and drop their jaws.
0:46.0	Barreling on anything, patient's so thin.
0:48.6	The slightest inconvenience he's fin to go in.
0:51.4	Giving the girls what they need.
0:54.0	Solomon stay on their necks
0:56.0	Indy
0:57.0	He is fly hot and sexy
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