Mariel Segarra
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1,146 appearances
26 recordings
6 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 1 Jul
Mariel Segarra’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Hey, it's Marielle.
I have this daydream where I go to the park and read under a tree.
The sun is shining.
The temperature is not too hot, but not chilly either.
The ground beneath me is comfortable.
I have snacks on hand.
I'm hydrated.
And I am captivated by the book in front of me.
It doesn't usually pan out like this.
In reality, two minutes in, I'm sweating, my butt hurts from sitting on tree roots, I realize I forgot the snacks, and I can't focus.
So I close the book, go home, turn on the TV.
A lot of us make this mistake when it comes to reading.
We think it should feel romantic, like this landmark event in our day.
Kevin Wynn is the author of the novels My Documents and New Waves.
And in 2017, he wrote an article for GQ called How to Read a Whole Damn Book Every Week.
Whether your reading daydreams involve you at the park, in an armchair, at a lakeside retreat, or on the beach, what if you let those go and allowed yourself to read whenever, wherever?
Because you don't want to miss out.
Reading is a joy.
Marianne Wolfe is a cognitive neuroscientist at UCLA, an author of Reader Come Home, The Reading Brain in a Digital World.
On this episode of Life Kit, we have four tips to help you read more this summer.
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