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        &lt;p&gt;Voicemails, emails, tweets: We got a lot of messages from people after they heard &lt;em&gt;Sold a Story&lt;/em&gt;. In this episode, we bring you some of their voices. A 10-year-old figures out why he has struggled to read. A mom stays up late to binge the podcast. A teacher confirms what he's suspected for years — he's not really teaching kids how to read.   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apmreports.org/story/2023/05/11/sold-a-story-messages-from-listeners?utm_source=rss&amp;amp;utm_medium=referral" class="Hyperlink SCXW257451915 BCX0"&gt;Messages from our listeners&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2023/05/11/sold-a-story-e7-your-words?utm_source=rss&amp;amp;utm_medium=referral" class="default"&gt;Transcript of this episode&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Watch:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmAxCgFDuLQ" class="default"&gt;The story behind &lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmAxCgFDuLQ" class="default"&gt;Sold a Story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Organize: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/discussion-guide/?utm_source=rss&amp;amp;utm_medium=referral" class="default"&gt;Sold a Story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/discussion-guide/?utm_source=rss&amp;amp;utm_medium=referral" class="default"&gt; discussion guides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Support:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://support.americanpublicmedia.org/sold-a-story-sn" class="Hyperlink SCXW175710763 BCX0"&gt;Donate to APM Reports&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Call us:&lt;/strong&gt; ‪(612) 888-7323&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Listener survey: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://mpr.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6l3Re9u1TzNV59I" class="default"&gt;Tell us about yourself&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/?utm_source=rss&amp;amp;utm_medium=referral" class="Hyperlink SCXW257451915 BCX0"&gt;soldastory.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://support.americanpublicmedia.org/sold-a-story-web" class="Hyperlink SCXW257451915 BCX0"&gt;Donate to support &lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://support.americanpublicmedia.org/sold-a-story-web" class="Hyperlink SCXW257451915 BCX0"&gt;Sold a Story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; and other journalism from APM Reports. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dive deeper into &lt;em&gt;Sold a Story&lt;/em&gt; with a multi-part email series from host Emily Hanford. We’ll also keep you up to date on new episodes. Sign up at &lt;a href="https://cloud.connect.americanpublicmedia.org/sold-a-story" class="Hyperlink SCXW257451915 BCX0"&gt;soldastory.org/extracredit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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Sold a Story

APM Reports

7: Your Words

MAY 11, 202325 MIN
Sold a Story

7: Your Words

MAY 11, 202325 MIN

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<p>Voicemails, emails, tweets: We got a lot of messages from people after they heard <em>Sold a Story</em>. In this episode, we bring you some of their voices. A 10-year-old figures out why he has struggled to read. A mom stays up late to binge the podcast. A teacher confirms what he's suspected for years — he's not really teaching kids how to read.   </p><br/><p><strong>Read: </strong><a href="https://www.apmreports.org/story/2023/05/11/sold-a-story-messages-from-listeners?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=referral" class="Hyperlink SCXW257451915 BCX0">Messages from our listeners</a> <br><strong>Read: </strong><a href="https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2023/05/11/sold-a-story-e7-your-words?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=referral" class="default">Transcript of this episode</a> </p><br/><p><strong>Watch:</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmAxCgFDuLQ" class="default">The story behind </a><em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmAxCgFDuLQ" class="default">Sold a Story</a></em><br><strong>Organize: </strong><em><a href="https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/discussion-guide/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=referral" class="default">Sold a Story</a></em><a href="https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/discussion-guide/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=referral" class="default"> discussion guides</a><br><strong>Support:</strong> <a href="https://support.americanpublicmedia.org/sold-a-story-sn" class="Hyperlink SCXW175710763 BCX0">Donate to APM Reports</a> <br><strong>Call us:</strong> ‪(612) 888-7323<br><strong>Listener survey: </strong><a href="https://mpr.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6l3Re9u1TzNV59I" class="default">Tell us about yourself</a><br><strong>More: </strong><a href="https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=referral" class="Hyperlink SCXW257451915 BCX0">soldastory.org</a> </p><br/><p><a href="https://support.americanpublicmedia.org/sold-a-story-web" class="Hyperlink SCXW257451915 BCX0">Donate to support </a><em><a href="https://support.americanpublicmedia.org/sold-a-story-web" class="Hyperlink SCXW257451915 BCX0">Sold a Story</a></em> and other journalism from APM Reports. </p><br/><p>Dive deeper into <em>Sold a Story</em> with a multi-part email series from host Emily Hanford. We’ll also keep you up to date on new episodes. Sign up at <a href="https://cloud.connect.americanpublicmedia.org/sold-a-story" class="Hyperlink SCXW257451915 BCX0">soldastory.org/extracredit</a>.</p>