# Episode 161: On Books

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Podcast: [The Old School](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-old-school-3916563)
Published: 2026-07-20T02:08:23+00:00
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## Resource

Your two aging podcasters defy their age and speak about all things books - reading them, carting them around and moving them from one residence to another. Evidence to our stage of life, we discuss the empty nest syndrome, homes will smaller capacities and what to do with all those books? Of course, it would not be an Old School podcast without a discussion of the state of books and how we consume them and how present trends could effect the future of how books will be consumed and benefited from. It is an easy, breezy discussion about the things near and dear to our hearts - our books.

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