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Science of Reading: The Podcast

Science of Reading: The Podcast will deliver the latest insights from researchers and practitioners in early reading. Via a conversational approach, each episode explores a timely topic related to the science of reading.

S10 E14: Your comprehension questions answered, with Nathaniel Swain, Ph.D.

46 mins; March 25, 2026

S10 E13: Building blocks for deep comprehension, with Susan Lambert

24 mins; March 11, 2026

S10 E12: Filling the gaps with inferences, with Kristen McMaster, Ph.D.

48 mins; February 25, 2026

S10 E11: Learning to read vs. reading to learn, with Timothy Shanahan, Ph.D.

51 mins; February 11, 2026

Special episode: Cultivating critical thinkers in your classroom, starring Mitchell Brookins, Ph.D.

42 mins; February 04, 2026

S10 E10: How language skills shape reading success, with Charles Hulme, D.Phil., and MaryKate DeSantis

46 mins; January 28, 2026

S10 E9: From research to reality: Breaking down comprehension barriers, with Phil Capin, Ph.D.

53 mins; January 14, 2026

S10 E8: Beyond decoding: The power of syntax, with Nancy Chapel Eberhardt

59 mins; December 31, 2025

S10 E7: Syntax and comprehension, with Julie Van Dyke, Ph.D.

49 mins; December 17, 2025

S10 E6: Understanding assessment, with Melissa Farrall, Ph.D.

52 mins; December 03, 2025

S10 E5: Reimagining comprehension assessment, with Gina Biancarosa, Ed.D.

46 mins; November 19, 2025

S10 E4: The science of memory and misinformation, with David Rapp, Ph.D.

49 mins; November 05, 2025

S10 E3: Finding fluency at the heart of comprehension, with Doug Lemov

59 mins; October 22, 2025

Science of Reading Essentials: Dyslexia

37 mins; October 08, 2025

S10 E2: Orthographic mapping is a cognitive process, with Katie Pace Miles, Ph.D.

49 mins; September 24, 2025

S10 E1: The (not so) Simple View of Reading, with Wesley Hoover, Ph.D.

44 mins; September 10, 2025

Season 10 trailer: The comprehension season

1 min; September 03, 2025

Everything is literacy, with Susan Lambert, Ed.D.

45 mins; August 27, 2025

Translating research into action, with Amie Burkholder

29 mins; August 13, 2025

Leveled reading, leveled lives, with Tim Shanahan, Ph.D.

43 mins; July 30, 2025

Science of Reading Essentials: Comprehension

40 mins; July 16, 2025

Summer ‘25 Rewind: The missing link in reading comprehension, with Anne Lucas

34 mins; July 02, 2025

Unlocking reading: Comprehension strategies vs. knowledge building, with Daniel Willingham, Ph.D.

43 mins; June 18, 2025

The truth behind learning, with Nathaniel Swain, Ph.D.

49 mins; June 04, 2025

Science of Reading Essentials: Writing

35 mins; May 21, 2025

A guide to integrating knowledge building into your classroom, with Jackie Relyea, Ph.D.

44 mins; May 07, 2025

A better way to teach our teachers, with Dr. Karen Betz

39 mins; April 23, 2025

S9 E14: Your questions answered, with Claude Goldenberg, Ph.D., and Susan Lambert

59 mins; April 09, 2025

S9 E13: Empowering instruction through mental models, with Young-Suk Grace Kim, Ed.D.

49 mins; March 26, 2025

S9 E12: Explicit instruction of academic language, with Adrea Truckenmiller, Ph.D.

43 mins; March 12, 2025

S9 E11: Writing the way to better reading, with Judith Hochman, Ed.D.

39 mins; February 26, 2025

S9 E10: Phonology as a settled science, with Jane Ashby, Ph.D.

45 mins; February 12, 2025

S9 E9: Identify Developmental Language Disorder in your classroom, with Tiffany Hogan, Ph.D.

40 mins; January 29, 2025

S9 E8: Cognitive science-informed teaching, with Natalie Wexler

40 mins; January 15, 2025

Special Episode: Award-winning ways to put science into practice

26 mins; January 01, 2025

Special: Lessons from the 2024 National Teacher of the Year, with Missy Testerman

52 mins; December 11, 2024

S9 E7: Neurodiversity and the reading brain, with Ioulia Kovelman, Ph.D.

44 mins; November 27, 2024

S9 E6: Making high-quality text free and accessible, with Susanne Nobles

37 mins; November 13, 2024

S9 E5: What makes a literate brain, with Lori Josephson

37 mins; October 30, 2024

S9 E4: Comprehension is not a skill, with Hugh Catts, Ph.D.

53 mins; October 16, 2024

S9 E3: Know the non-negotiables in a program aligned to the Science of Reading, with Kari Kurto

44 mins; October 02, 2024

S9 E2: Standards are the 'what' and curriculum is the 'how,' with Sue Pimentel

55 mins; September 18, 2024

S9 E1: Literacy as a catalyst for change, with Ray James

42 mins; September 04, 2024

Summer '24 Interlude E3: Training teachers well from the start, with Lisa Lenhart and Rebecca Tolson

51 mins; August 21, 2024

Beyond My Years: Teaching with heart, starring Joyce Abbott

54 mins; August 14, 2024

Summer '24 Interlude E2: One-pagers make literacy research more accessible, with Jamie Clark

44 mins; August 07, 2024

Summer '24 Interlude E1: How effective coaching transformed Mississippi, with Margaret Goldberg and Kelly Butler

65 hours 55 mins; July 24, 2024

ML/EL E6: Curating a confident classroom for multilingual learners, with Arturo Valadez Sáenz

53 mins; July 10, 2024

Beyond My Years podcast trailer

4 mins; June 28, 2024

ML/EL E5: Serving every student, in every seat, speaking any language, with Genie Baca

47 mins; June 26, 2024

ML/EL E4: Practical strategies for multilingual learning, with Diane August, Ph.D.

56 mins; June 12, 2024

ML/EL E3: Diagnosing dyslexia in multilingual learners, with Francisco Usero-González

60 hours 10 mins; May 29, 2024

ML/EL E2: Nurturing multilingualism, with Jim Cummins, Ph.D.

56 mins; May 15, 2024

ML/EL E1: Language is always an asset, with Kajal Patel Below

51 mins; April 30, 2024

Sneak peek: A miniseries on multilingual and English learners

3 mins; April 17, 2024

Spring Rewind '24: Biliteracy and assessment, with Lillian Durán, Ph.D.

35 mins; April 09, 2024

Spring Rewind '24: Deconstructing the Rope: Background knowledge, with Susan B. Neuman

41 mins; March 27, 2024

S8 E12: Language and literacy, with Catherine Snow

44 mins; March 13, 2024

S8 E11: Cognitive load theory: Four items at a time, with Greg Ashman

53 mins; February 28, 2024

S8 E10: Comprehension is an outcome, with Sharon Vaughn

47 mins; February 14, 2024

S8 E9: Knowledge building can’t wait, with HyeJin Hwang

47 mins; January 31, 2024

S8 E8: The plea to preserve deep reading, with Maryanne Wolf, Ed.D.

61 hours 39 mins; January 16, 2024

S8 E7: Vocabulary is unconstrained, with Tanya S. Wright

41 mins; January 02, 2024

S8 E6: Like teacher, like student: Showing up as your full self, with Dr. Jasmine Rogers

43 mins; December 20, 2023

S8 E5: No perfect set of words: Building vocabulary, with Margaret McKeown

43 mins; December 06, 2023

S8 E4: Brace for impact: Unifying classrooms through mission-based learning, with John Hattie

57 mins; November 22, 2023

S8 E3: Knowledge and vocabulary: Two sides of the same coin, with Gina Cervetti

44 mins; November 08, 2023

S8 E2: The joy of reading aloud with Molly Ness

41 mins; October 25, 2023

S8 E1: Knowledge and comprehension: Never one without the other with Reid Smith and Pamela Snow

56 mins; October 11, 2023

Back to School '23, Interlude Episode 3: Growing up with dyslexia with Kareem Weaver, Margaret Malaika Weaver, and Elijah Valencia

87 hours 9 mins; October 04, 2023

Back to School '23, Interlude episode 2 (Part 2): Embracing the complexity of learning to read with Dr. Reid Lyon

51 mins; September 27, 2023

Back to School '23, Interlude episode 2 (Part 1): Embracing the complexity of learning to read with Dr. Reid Lyon

70 hours 31 mins; September 20, 2023

Back to School '23, Interlude Episode 1: Keeping up with educational research on teaching reading with Dr. Neena Saha

44 mins; September 06, 2023

S7 E10: From football to phonics with Malcolm Mitchell

46 mins; August 23, 2023

S7 E9: Dyslexia: Where we started; where we're going with Dr. Sally Shaywitz

45 mins; August 09, 2023

S7 E8: Writing your way to better reading with Steve Graham

62 hours 12 mins; July 26, 2023

S7 E7: Debunking the "gift" of dyslexia with Tim Odegard

51 mins; July 12, 2023

Special episode—Disciplinary literacy: Connecting reading and math in children's literature with Allison Hintz and Antony Smith

26 mins; July 05, 2023

S7 E6: What teachers can learn from incarcerated youth with Hilderbrand Pelzer III

48 mins; June 27, 2023

Special episode: Integrating Science and Literacy Strategies with Susan Gomez Zwiep

45 mins; June 21, 2023

S7 E5: Science of Reading professional development with Danielle Thompson

58 mins; June 14, 2023

S7 E4: Scaffolding is built to be temporary with Zaretta Hammond

47 mins; May 31, 2023

Special episode: The Right to Read: Live from Plain Talk with Kareem Weaver

59 mins; May 17, 2023

S7 E03: When not to differentiate: A guide to small-group instruction with Jamey Peavler

35 mins; May 03, 2023

The Science of Reading in the Montessori classroom with Susan Zoll, Natasha Feinberg, and Laura Saylor

34 mins; April 19, 2023

S7 E01: Navigating the noise with Claude Goldenberg

58 mins; April 05, 2023

Amplify's literacy, math, and science podcasts—new season trailer

4 mins; March 27, 2023

Special: The science of learning, the humility of teaching

45 mins; March 22, 2023

Special: Why the Science of Reading isn't just about reading with Natalie Wexler

48 mins; March 08, 2023

S6 E13: From education outsider to literacy expert with Todd Collins

56 mins; February 22, 2023

S6 E12: Celebrating many meanings: Language comprehension and bidialectal students with Jasmine Rogers

37 mins; February 08, 2023

S6 E11: What I should have learned in college with Donna Hejtmanek

41 mins; January 25, 2023

S6 E10: The big win is just the beginning with Dr. Jennifer Throndsen

38 mins; January 11, 2023

S6 E9: Lessons from a talking dog: TV's "Reading Buddies" on making learning fun

49 mins; December 28, 2022

S6 E8: Love at the center of literacy with Dr. Nyshawana Francis-Thompson

40 mins; December 14, 2022

S6 E7: The how and why behind high-quality instructional materials with Rebecca Kockler

45 mins; November 30, 2022

S6 E6: Literacy is Law: Leading Legislative Change with with State Senator Mimi Stewart

33 mins; November 16, 2022

S6 E5: Leading with the head and the heart: Enacting lasting literacy change with Mitchell Brookins

45 mins; November 02, 2022

S6 E4: From the community, for the community: Grassroots organizing with Naomi Peña & Akeela Azcuy

40 mins; October 19, 2022

S6 E3: Focused implementation: Doing less to do more with Dr. Doug Reeves

43 mins; October 05, 2022

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