Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Agustina and Andrés discuss reading — a habit that’s losing its appeal — and what it means to live in a world where new ways of gaining knowledge are taking over.
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0:00 Do we still need to read books?
1:25 Are blogs and social media the new reading?
4:20 What reading does to your brain
7:39 Audiobooks, videos, and other ways to learn
11:36 Why it’s so hard to focus on reading today
15:42 Kindle vs. paper: does it change how we think?
19:05 How reading improves writing and critical thinking
23:30 Finding balance: books, screens, and real knowledge
28:46 Do you still read books?
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📺 7300+ videos across all levels and all kinds of topics.
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🚀 See how far you are in your Spanish learning journey!
Agustina and Andrés discuss reading — a habit that’s losing its appeal — and what it means to live in a world where new ways of gaining knowledge are taking over.
*Discover our immersion-based method for learning Spanish: drming.es/method*
🧠 Learn Spanish the same way you learned your native language. No grammar, just immersion!
👉 Access 7300+ videos of Spanish comprehensible input on our website: drming.es/home
*Connect with us*
Meet our teachers: drming.es/teachers
Check out our blog: drming.es/blog
Read our FAQ: drming.es/faq
Donate to our project: paypal.me/DreamingSpanish
*Episode chapters*
0:00 Do we still need to read books?
1:25 Are blogs and social media the new reading?
4:20 What reading does to your brain
7:39 Audiobooks, videos, and other ways to learn
11:36 Why it’s so hard to focus on reading today
15:42 Kindle vs. paper: does it change how we think?
19:05 How reading improves writing and critical thinking
23:30 Finding balance: books, screens, and real knowledge
28:46 Do you still read books?
