The Reading Culture

68 Episodes

1. We Contain Multitudes: Debbie Levy on the Dangers of Reductionist Thinking

   Published: 3/19/2025
2. Art Against the Machine: Aida Salazar on Writing for the Resistance

   Published: 3/5/2025
3. In the Heights: Jerry Craft Subverts Expectations

   Published: 2/19/2025
4. Porch Stories: Jewell Parker Rhodes on Ghosts, History, and Staying Open to Love

   Published: 2/5/2025
5. Scratching the Surface: Vashti Harrison on Going Past Skin Deep

   Published: 1/22/2025
6. Indomitable: Yamile Saied Méndez on Puberty, Dictatorship, and Brave Women

   Published: 1/8/2025
7. The Reading Culture: Yearbook 2024

   Published: 12/23/2024
8. We Are Always Rising: Andrea Davis Pinkney Spreads Stories and Hope

   Published: 12/10/2024
9. Revisit - Hero of the Anti-Heroes: Gregory Maguire on the Value of Second Chances

   Published: 11/26/2024
10. Tiny Spaces: Mac Barnett on Why Kids Are Better Than Adults at Reading Picture Books

    Published: 11/12/2024
11. Keep Me Out of It: Eliot Schrefer on the Costs and Benefits of Self-Erasure

    Published: 10/29/2024
12. A Quiet House: Katherine Marsh on Why We Need to Turn Down the Noise

    Published: 10/15/2024
13. Rebel With Claws: Zoraida Córdova on the Pleasures of Nonconformity

    Published: 10/1/2024
14. Always in the Room: Elizabeth Acevedo on Ancestors, Neighbors, and Secret Mentors

    Published: 9/17/2024
15. Worthy of Protecting: Ari Tison Faces Down Monsters With Words

    Published: 9/3/2024
16. Surreal Talk: A.S. King on Validating Teen Trauma

    Published: 8/20/2024
17. Natural Resources: Katherine Applegate on the Wisdom and Solace of Animals

    Published: 8/6/2024
18. Revisit - Mixed Feelings: Matt de la Peña on Balancing Being Stoic and Sensitive

    Published: 7/23/2024
19. Revisit - Ignorance Isn’t Bliss: Sabaa Tahir on the Need to Bear Witness

    Published: 7/9/2024
20. You Are Flawed, You Are Messy, You Are Loved: Shannon Hale on Hope and Heroines

    Published: 6/25/2024