Sold a Story
Hosted by Emily Hanford · APM Reports
4.8from 11,388 ratings
- 29
- Episodes
- 10
- Transcribed
- 11,388
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About Sold a Story
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.
- Publisher
- APM Reports
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Oct 2022
- Latest episode
- 28 Apr 2026
Latest episodes
10 of 29 episodes have a transcript.
28 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
‘Dyslexia and the Reading Wars’: Emily Hanford's Conversation with The New Yorker’s David Owen
9 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT
Emily Hanford LIVE from Planet Word with Reid Lyon and Margaret Goldberg
21 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT
14: The Cuts
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‘Dyslexia and the Reading Wars’: Emily Hanford's Conversation with The New Yorker’s David Owen
Published 28 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Yeah, yeah. I mean, that was part of it for me. And I've talked about that before, that I just took it for granted. And my own experience learning to read, I barely remember it. And my kids, it's pretty easy. This is exactly what Margaret and what Margaret Goldberg said, the wonderful person that you connected me with. Who was also here on stage with us recently. I believe it. But she was great. And she said she had some trouble learning to read herself. But she said when she talks to teachers, she asked them how they learned to read. And they answered, well, it was incredibly easy for me. And she thinks that I'm sure it's true. […]
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- David Owen
- Reid Lyon
- Margaret Goldberg
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 7,817 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 3,571 ratings
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