Stephen Hurley joins host, Beth Lyons, to unpack the series of podcasts that looked at audiobooks, podcasts and read alouds in classrooms and school libraries during the 2020-2021 school year. They look back at the school year that included both online and bricks-and-mortar classes, the humanity of the education system and what it means to be human in the 21st century.

The podcasts discussed in this episode include:

S2E7 Read Into Audiobooks/Podcasts- Adrian Del Monte (Part 1)

S2E8 Read Into Audiobooks/ Podcasts- Lynn Thomas (Part 2)

S2E9 Read Into Audibooks/Podcasts- Tim Boudreau (Part 3)

S2E10 Read Into Read Alouds- Julie Vandendool & Aviva Dunsiger

Texts mentioned in this episode:

Rebels Against the Future by Kirpatrick Sale

The Giver and Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Makes Us Human by Jonathan Gottschall

The Librarian’s Stories by Lucy Falcone, illustrated by Anna Wilson

Tough Like Mum by Lana Button, illustrated by Carmen Mak
Creating Inclusive Writing Environments in the K-12 Classroom: Reluctance, Resistance, and Strategies that Make a Difference by Angela Stockman

Cultivating Genius: A Four-Layered Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy by Gholdy Muhammad

Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

Sound Reporting: The NPR Guide to Audio Journalism and Production

Brené with Tim Ferriss and Dax Shepard on Podcasting, Daily Practices, and the Long and Winding Path to Healing- podcast, Brene Brown, Unlocking Us