
About this podcast
Millions of kids can't read well. Scientists have known for decades how children learn to read, but many schools don’t know about the research. They buy teacher training and books that are rooted in a disproven idea. In Sold a Story, Emily Hanford investigates four authors and a publishing company that have made millions selling this idea.
23 episodes · society
Sold a Story
About this podcast
Millions of kids can't read well. Scientists have known for decades how children learn to read, but many schools don’t know about the research. They buy teacher training and books that are rooted in a disproven idea. In Sold a Story, Emily Hanford investigates four authors and a publishing company that have made millions selling this idea.
Latest episode‘Dyslexia and the Reading Wars’: Emily Hanford's Conversation with The New Yorker’s David Owen
Recent episodes
- Emily Hanford LIVE with Reid Lyon and Margaret Goldberg9 Dec 2025 · 58 min
- 14: The Cuts21 Aug 2025 · 38 min
- 13: The List6 Mar 2025 · 34 min
- 12: The Evidence27 Feb 2025 · 31 min
- 11: The Outlier20 Feb 2025 · 31 min
- The Podcast That's Changing Education1 Nov 2024 · 3 min
- 10: The Details11 Apr 2024 · 31 min
- 9: The Aftermath4 Apr 2024 · 28 min
- Introducing: Sold a Story en Español19 Mar 2024 · 6 min
- 8: The Impact18 May 2023 · 25 min