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....
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- Kate Winn2 eps
- Stephanie Stollar, Ph.D.2 eps
- Nathaniel Swain, Ph.D.2 eps
Also: Kymyona Burk, Ed.D., Teresa May, Ph.D., Kristen McMaster, Ph.D., Timothy Shanahan, Ph.D., Mitchell Brookins, Ph.D., Charles Hulme, D.Phil., MaryKate DeSantis, Phil Capin, Ph.D., Nancy Chapel Eberhardt, Reid Lyon, Ph.D., Doug Fisher, Ph.D., Natalie Wexler, Hugh Catts, Ph.D., Daniel Willingham, Ph.D., Peter C. Brown, Jamey Peavler, Ed.D., David Rapp, Ph.D.
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Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
890K to 4.7M🎙 ~2x weekly·195 episodes·Last published 2w ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
1.8M to 9.4M🇺🇸81%🇦🇺8%🇦🇷3%+4 more - Active Followers
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979K to 5.2M
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/7/26 | S11 E3: Tier 1: Your MTSS Foundation, with Sarah Brown, Ph.D. | While Tier 1 instruction is the foundation of a successful Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), it is also the element we most often overlook. On this episode of Science of Reading: The Podcast, Sarah Brown, Ph.D., consultant and co-author of Effective Universal Instruction: An Action-Oriented Approach to Improving Tier 1, joins host Susan Lambert, Ed.D., to explore why this is and what it takes to give Tier 1 the attention it deserves. Together, Sarah and Susan also discuss common misconc... | 46m 00s | ||||||
| 9/23/26 | S11 E2: Putting your MTSS into practice, with Matthew Burns, Ph.D. | What does it actually take to move a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) from concept to practice? That's what University of Florida's Fien Endowed Professor of Special Education and University of Florida Literacy Institute Assistant Director Matthew Burns, Ph.D., explores with host Susan Lambert, Ed.D., on this new episode of Science of Reading: The Podcast. Together, Matt and Susan also discuss the real difference between an MTSS and Response to Intervention (RTI), and why the two get co... | 38m 54s | ||||||
| 9/9/26 | Multi-Tiered System of SupportsMTSS implementation+3 | Joan Schumann, Ph.D. | International MTSS Association | — | MTSSMulti-Tiered System of Supports+4 | — | 49m 49s | ||
| 9/2/26 | Multi-Tiered System of SupportsMTSS+3 | — | Science of Reading: The PodcastAmplify Education | — | MTSSeducation+3 | — | 2m 09s | ||
| 8/26/26 | assessmenteducation+4 | Jan Hasbrouck, Ph.D.Stephanie Stollar, Ph.D.+5 | — | — | assessmenteducation+4 | — | 44m 46s | ||
| 8/12/26 | Multi-Tiered System of Supportsprevention+3 | Brittney Bills, Ed.D. | Amplify | — | MTSSliteracy partnerships+3 | — | 45m 56s | ||
| 7/29/26 | literacy educationresearch methodology+3 | Sonia Cabell, Ph.D. | Institute of Education Sciences | — | literacyresearch+3 | — | 50m 50s | ||
| 7/15/26 | adolescent literacymiddle school reading+3 | Kymyona Burk, Ed.D. | ExcelinEdMississippi | — | adolescent literacymiddle school+3 | — | 41m 39s | ||
| 7/1/26 | adolescent literacyat-risk readers+3 | Jeanne Schopf | Reading Isn't Optional: Fulfilling the Promise of Literacy for Secondary Students | — | adolescent literacyat-risk readers+3 | — | 50m 27s | ||
| 6/17/26 | adolescent literacyliteracy initiative+3 | Julie Burtscher Brown, Ed.D. | Amplify Education | — | adolescent literacyliteracy initiative+3 | — | 52m 22s | ||
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| 6/3/26 | adolescent literacyclassroom practice+3 | Doug Fisher, Ph.D. | Amplify Education | — | adolescent literacyclassroom practice+3 | — | 50m 54s | ||
| 5/20/26 | science of learningmemory+3 | Natalie WexlerNathaniel Swain, Ph.D.+5 | — | — | science of readingliteracy+3 | — | 33m 29s | ||
| 5/6/26 | literacy instructionsystemic change+4 | Reid Lyon, Ph.D. | Amplify Education | — | literacyeducation+5 | — | 1h 00m 08s | ||
| 4/22/26 | assessmentstudent progress+3 | Kate WinnStephanie Stollar, Ph.D. | Reading Assessment Done Right | — | assessmentstudent progress+3 | — | 51m 37s | ||
| 4/8/26 | dyslexiaeducation advocacy+4 | Teresa May, Ph.D. | Margaret Byrd Rawson Institute | — | dyslexiaeducation+5 | — | 48m 51s | ||
| 3/25/26 | comprehension strategiesteaching mindset+3 | Nathaniel Swain, Ph.D. | Amplify Education | — | comprehensionliteracy+3 | — | 46m 11s | ||
| 3/11/26 | reading comprehensionliteracy+3 | — | — | — | comprehensiondecoding+3 | — | 24m 13s | ||
| 2/25/26 | reading comprehensioninference skills+3 | Kristen McMaster, Ph.D. | University of Minnesota | — | readingcomprehension+5 | — | 48m 03s | ||
| 2/11/26 | reading comprehensionlearning to read+3 | Timothy Shanahan, Ph.D. | University of Illinois at Chicago | — | reading comprehensionlearning to read+3 | — | 51m 20s | ||
| 2/4/26 | critical thinkingeducation+3 | Mitchell Brookins, Ph.D. | Beyond My Years | — | critical thinkingeducation+3 | — | 42m 04s | ||
| 1/28/26 | oral language developmentreading comprehension+3 | Charles Hulme, D.Phil.MaryKate DeSantis | University of OxfordLeft Side Strong LLC | — | language skillsreading success+3 | — | 46m 11s | ||
| 1/14/26 | reading comprehensioneducation practices+3 | Phil Capin, Ph.D. | Harvard Graduate School of Education | — | reading comprehensioneducation+4 | — | 52m 54s | ||
| 12/31/25 | syntaxcomprehension+3 | Nancy Chapel Eberhardt | Science of Reading: The PodcastAmplify Education | — | syntaxreading comprehension+3 | — | 59m 17s | ||
| 12/17/25 | S10 E7: Syntax and comprehension, with Julie Van Dyke, Ph.D. | In this episode of Science of Reading: The Podcast, Susan Lambert is joined by research scientist and professor Julie Van Dyke, Ph.D., who explains why syntax instruction may be the missing piece in our mission to improve comprehension outcomes for all students. Together, Julie and Susan discuss why syntax is the part of the language system that matters for comprehension, how the same systematicity and rule governance that you find in teaching phonics also exists in syntax, and how explicit s... | 49m 03s | ||||||
| 12/3/25 | S10 E6: Understanding assessment, with Melissa Farrall, Ph.D. | In this episode of Science of Reading: The Podcast, Susan Lambert is joined by Affiliated Scholar at the Stern Center for Language and Learning, Melissa Farrall, Ph.D., to discuss understanding assessment. Melissa explains why it's beneficial for every educator to understand the fundamentals of assessment, especially comprehension assessment. Together, Melissa and Susan discuss the relationship between reading comprehension and language comprehension, why reading comprehension can be challeng... | 51m 43s | ||||||
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Chart history for Science of Reading: The Podcast
Peaked at #2 in AR, top 10 in 11 of 45 tracked markets, currently #2 in AR.
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| AR | — | #2 | #2 | — |
| Australia | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| IS | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| ID | — | #5 | #5 | — |
| TH | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| United States | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| South Korea | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| HK | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| BE | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| CO | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| KE | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| Ireland | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #15 | #15 | — |
| AE | — | #16 | #16 | — |
| Canada | — | #28 | #28 | — |
| CZ | — | #36 | #36 | — |
| CL | — | #41 | #41 | — |
| SG | — | #44 | #44 | — |
| MY | — | #53 | #53 | — |
| VN | — | #55 | #55 | — |
Chart Positions
45 placements across 41 markets.
Chart Positions
45 placements across 41 markets.