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.
Latest Episode
14: The Cuts (21.08.2025)
Previous Episodes
- 13: The List 06.03.2025
- 12: The Evidence 27.02.2025
- 11: The Outlier 20.02.2025
- The podcast that's changing education 01.11.2024
- 10: The Details 11.04.2024
- 9: The Aftermath 04.04.2024
- Introducing: Sold a Story en español 19.03.2024
- 8: The Impact 18.05.2023
- 7: Your Words 11.05.2023
- Brains On: How Do We Learn to Read — and Why is It Hard? 11.04.2023
- What the Words Say 06.04.2023
- At a Loss for Words: What's Wrong with How Schools Teach Reading 30.03.2023
- Hard Words: Why Aren't Our Kids Being Taught to Read? 23.03.2023
- Hard to Read: How American Schools Fail Kids with Dyslexia 16.03.2023
- 6: The Reckoning 17.11.2022
- 5: The Company 10.11.2022
- 4: The Superstar 03.11.2022
- 3: The Battle 27.10.2022
- 2: The Idea 20.10.2022
- 1: The Problem 20.10.2022
