Bought and Sold: The New Fight Against T...

Emily Hanford introduces the first episode of her new podcast, Sold a Story.There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on thi ... Show More

Producer DJ Cashmere spent seven years teaching Black and brown students at a Noble Street charter high school in Chicago. At the time, Noble followed a popular model called "no excuses." Its schools required strict discipline but promised low-income students a better shot at col ... Show More

Native American students are just a tiny fraction of all the college students in the United States. They come with different histories, confronting an education system once used to erase their languages and cultures. In this project, three Indigenous college students tell how the ... Show More

Wikipedia has gotten a lot of flak over the years for being inaccurate and untrustworthy. But in 2010, Wikimedia, the global movement behind Wikipedia, began recruiting professors from major U.S. universities to assign the work of editing Wikipedia articles to their students. 

Larry Sanger built Wikipedia as an unbiased repository of the world’s knowledge, and then stood helplessly by as activists and intel agencies turned it into the most comprehensive propaganda op in human history. There’s nothing more corrupt. (00:00) The Origins of Wikipedia (04:2 ... Show More

Join Clementine Holiday and her quirky family as they dive into the fascinating world of Wikipedia, comparing it to the traditional encyclopedia and sharing mind-blowing facts about this online knowledge powerhouse. Listen in as they explore the origins of Wikipedia, its massive ... Show More

Rerun : Wikipedia launched with the cheery words “Hello World!” on 15th January, 2001. The project arrived almost by accident, as the side-project of a more serious effort by tech entrepreneur Jimmy Wales to create an online encyclopedia called Nupedia. In this episode, Arion, Re ... Show More

"The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson Category: Politics 

"Born in the USA" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen Category: Biography & Memoir