Annie Bender
Producer and documentarian responsible for researching and producing the episode's narrative and interviews about reading and thinking in the digital age.
Best podcasts with Annie Bender
Ranked by the Snipd community
20 snips
Feb 19, 2026 • 54min
With a decline in reading is our capacity to think eroding?
Leah Sargent, a debater-turned-policy writer, explains debate habits that sharpen persuasion and openness. Shannon Vallor, philosopher of AI ethics, probes how AI reshapes creativity and moral thought. Naomi Baron, linguist, warns about shrinking reading cultures and summary tools. Adrian van der Waal, reading advocate, links deep reading to democratic life. Marianne Wolf, neuroscientist, highlights the reading brain. Annie Bender produced the narrative.
