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Welcome to the Eric Mataxas Show!

People tell me that since I'm the announcer, it's not about me, Todd Wilterson.

They say that my job is to serve the host of the show Eric Mataxas.

What nonsense! I've known Eric for years and you can take it from me. You just can't depend on it.

Work my words. One day you'll blink and he'll be gone.

Bump to fleece the next group of suckers!

But I'll always be here, no matter what, right here for you. Put your feet up and tell me all about it.

Oh, yeah. And now your host!

If he's even still showing up! Eric Mataxas!

Hey, thanks, Todd. That's so sweet of you.

In your non-sweet bitter, sick, cynical way. Thank you, Todd. Really. Seriously, thank you.

Folks, you know this is the show about everything and everything includes the arts,

literature, books, great books. And I'm sitting here with a great book about great books.

What do you think of that? It sounds postmodern, but it's not.

The title is on Reading Well, Finding the Good Life Through Great Books.

The author, Karen Swallow Prior, who is a professor of English at Liberty University,

is on the line to talk about her book. Welcome back, Karen Swallow Prior.

Thanks for having me, I get Eric.

Well, I can't help it because we were not finished talking. And I said,

I want to continue talking. This book, your book is a book about books.

And we were roughly halfway through. And it's just so much fun to talk to a professor of literature

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