About this episode

The episode explores the reasons behind the decline in English-speaking literacy rates from 1980 to 2020.

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People in this episode

Host: Brian Dunning

Topics covered

• literacy
• education
• reading
• English-speaking
• literacy rates
• reading wars

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Organizations: Skeptoid

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