In The Dark
The New Yorker
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NOV 19, 2024
Presenting “Sold a Story”
In the Dark presents the first episode of “Sold a Story,” an award-winning investigative podcast that is changing how children are taught to read. In this episode, “The Problem,” a mother watches her son's first-grade lessons during Zoom school and discovers with dismay that he can’t read. Her son isn’t the only one: more than a third of fourth graders in the United States can’t read on even a basic level. In “Sold a Story,” the host, Emily Hanford, exposes how educators came to believe in a method of teaching reading that doesn’t work, and are now reckoning with the consequences.
“Sold a Story” is available wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more at soldastory.org.
32 MIN
NOV 12, 2024
Bonus: Your Season 3 Questions, Answered
Was it scary to knock on all those Marines’ doors? What was it like to report in Iraq? Is it still possible for any Marines to face consequences for what happened in Haditha? The In the Dark team sits down to answer your questions.
To view the online-only features of Season 3—the photographs, war-crimes database, and interactive documentary—visit newyorker.com/season3.
Have a story idea for the In the Dark team? E-mail us at [email protected].
41 MIN
SEP 27, 2024
Bonus: “Cleared by Fire”
For the past year, the Interactives Department at The New Yorker has been working alongside In the Dark on a remarkable visual exploration of what happened that day in Haditha. Sam Wolson, who co-directed the project, joins the podcast to talk about “Cleared by Fire.”
Find the interactive documentary at newyorker.com/season3.
Got questions for the In the Dark team? E-mail them to us at [email protected].
11 MIN
