Reading Rainbow for Adults

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 Does anyone else remember watching Reading Rainbow when they were little? Hosted by Levar Burton (also of Star Trek TNG fame), it was a lot like Wishbone in its goal to bring books to life and encourage kids to read.

This past week, I ran into an article advertising the fact that Burton has recently started a podcast for adults in which he "read[s] short stories from all genres, with a little music and original sound design sprinkled in."

I'm still getting the hang of podcasts, and short stories haven't exactly been my genre of choice most of the time, but I thought it was pretty cool to see a familiar old face doing something new with the same overarching goal of keeping people connected to literature in our busy, extremely digital age.

If you're interested, you can find the podcast here or look it up in iTunes.