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Reach Out and Read

Dec 23, 2021

Science tells us early learning is critically important, yet somehow it’s both remarkably expensive and those doing it are massively underpaid.  There’s a huge divide in how we think about education before age 5 and after, and that needs to change. Rachel Giannini, childhood specialist and “a preschool...


Dec 9, 2021

Paper! It’s everywhere and yet it’s not usually at the forefront of our thoughts.  Despite this being a podcast about reading, we haven’t really talked about paper itself, or even how it shaped the format of books.  Author and historian Mark Kurlanksy joins us to talk about the history of paper—and how...


Nov 25, 2021

Book banning is often done with the intention of “protecting children”.  But who decides what is or isn’t okay?  And are we doing children and their families a disservice when we do?  We are joined by Pat Scales, expert on censorship and a retired librarian, and Alex Gino, award-winning author of several banned...


Nov 11, 2021

How in the world did anyone have the idea to not only talk about shared book reading in regular medical checkups for kids, but to bring in a book and use it as part of the visit?  Dr Robert Needlman, co-founder of Reach Out and Read did back in 1989, and he joins us to share the origins of this program — which has...


Oct 28, 2021

There’s no shortage of parenting advice out there.  How much is opinion, and how much is based on research evidence?  Science journalist Melinda Wenner Moyer joins us to talk about exactly that: how parents can apply evidence-based tools and techniques to raise kids who will grow up to be, well, not a**holes. Some of...