Sold a Story
APM Reports
Topics: Documentary
Sold a Story is an investigative podcast about how kids learn — what works in the classroom, the science behind those insights and why that research often doesn’t make it into schools. Season 1 revealed why so many kids are struggling to learn how to read, and it sparked a wave of change across the country. In Season 2, we go beyond reading to look at teaching itself.
Latest episodes
- S2 E4: What Can You Do for My Black Children?
- S2 E3: The Forgotten Experiment
- S2 E2: The Remedy Is Always Teaching
- S2 E1: It’s Not Just Reading
- Sold a Story 2: What Happened to Teaching
- ‘Dyslexia and the Reading Wars’: Emily Hanford's Conversation with The New Yorker’s David Owen
- Emily Hanford LIVE with Reid Lyon and Margaret Goldberg
- 14: The Cuts
- 13: The List
- 12: The Evidence
Sold a Story is No. 15 in the US and No. 106 in Canada on Apple Podcasts today. On Apple Podcasts' topic charts: No. 2 in Society & Culture. Its best place on the chart since October 31, 2026 (US): No. 7. The latest episode came out on October 29, 2026. A new episode comes out about every two weeks.
Its place on the chart, day by day
All the numbers, day by day
Its place on the chart, day by day
| Day | US | Canada | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2, 2026 | 15 | 106 | – |
| November 1, 2026 | 8 | 127 | 168 |
| October 31, 2026 | 7 | 132 | 149 |
Today's places
| Chart | Place | Since yesterday |
|---|---|---|
| US: All podcasts | 15 | ▼7 |
| US: Society & Culture | 2 | ▼1 |
| UK: Society & Culture | 60 | ▼10 |
| Canada: All podcasts | 106 | ▲21 |
| Canada: Society & Culture | 15 | ▼1 |
| Australia: Society & Culture | 43 | ▲2 |
| New Zealand: Society & Culture | 35 | ▼3 |
| Ireland: Society & Culture | 41 | ▼1 |
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