Best Megan Polk Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 576: Lindsay Peoples 54:32

13m ago54:32

54:32

Lindsay Peoples is the editor-in-chief of The Cut. “You see so many incredible people make one mistake and lose their job or they speak out about something and then the next day something blows up. And so I do think that I often feel like I have to be so careful. And that's hard to do because I'm just naturally curious and I want to know and I want…

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169. Interventions for Cognitive Factors That Affect Reading Comprehension 21:11

3d ago21:11

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Over the last few weeks, I’ve been diving into intervention strategies for students who have difficulty with reading comprehension. The reality is that some upper elementary students aren’t proficient or on grade level when it comes to reading or reading comprehension. So, as literacy teachers, we’ve got to come up with ways to support these studen…

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Polk Award Winners: Jason Motlagh 40:50

1h ago40:50

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Jason Motlagh, a journalist and filmmaker, is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and the founder of Blackbeard Films. He won the Polk's Sydney Schanberg Prize for “This Will End in Blood and Ashes,” an account of the collapse of order in Haiti. “Once you've gotten used to this kind of metabolism, it can be hard to walk away from it. Ordinary li…

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Polk Award Winners: Brian Howey 29:22

7d ago29:22

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Brian Howey is a freelance journalist who won the Polk Award for Justice Reporting after exposing a deceptive police tactic widely used in California. He began the project, which was eventually published by the Los Angeles Times and Reveal, as a graduate student in the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. “It’s one thing to hear about this ta…

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Polk Award Winners: Meribah Knight 44:39

1d ago44:39

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Meribah Knight is a reporter with Nashville Public Radio. She won the Polk Award for Podcasting for “The Kids of Rutherford County,” produced with ProPublica and Serial, which revealed a shocking approach to juvenile discipline in one Tennessee county. “Where does it leave me? It leaves me with a searing anger that is going to propel me to the next…

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Polk Award Winners: Jesse Coburn 34:18

2d ago34:18

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Jesse Coburn is an investigative reporter at Streetsblog. He won the Polk Award for Local Reporting for "Ghost Tags," his series on the black market for temporary license plates. “You can imagine this having never become a problem, because it’s so weird. What a weird scam. I’m going to print and sell tens of thousands of paper license plates. But s…

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Polk Award Winners: Amel Guettatfi and Julia Steers 42:48

4d ago42:48

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Amel Guettatfi and Julia Steers won this year's George Polk Award for Television Reporting for “Inside Wagner,” their Vice News investigation of Russian mercenaries on the Ukraine front and in the Central African Republic. “One of the best takeaways I got from seven or eight years at Vice is that it’s not enough for something to be important when y…

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168. Interventions for Fundamental Factors That Affect Reading Comprehension 30:51

4d ago30:51

30:51

Getting students in upper elementary on grade level with their reading and comprehension skills can be challenging because there are so many factors and reasons why they’re lacking in that area. However, one of the biggest reasons is a lack of fundamental and foundational skills. I talked in last week’s episode about the different areas this can be…

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Rerun: #429 Vinson Cunningham (Feb 2021) 53:20

8d ago53:20

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Vinson Cunningham is a staff writer for The New Yorker. His novel, published in March 2024, is Great Expectations. “I think the job is just paying a bunch of attention. If you're a person like me, where thoughts and worries are intruding on your consciousness all the time, it is a great relief to have something to just over-describe and over-pay-at…

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167. Fundamental, Cognitive, and Environmental Factors That Affect Reading Comprehension 25:24

11d ago25:24

25:24

One, if not the biggest, thing we focus on as literacy teachers is getting our students to be successful readers. But as upper elementary teachers, you know that you will have several students in your class who struggle with reading comprehension. This then becomes a major focus in our classrooms, but we know a student’s lack of reading comprehensi…

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Episode 575: Megan Kimble 53:06

15d ago53:06

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Megan Kimble is the former executive editor of The Texas Observer and has written for The New York Times, Texas Monthly, and The Guardian. Her new book is City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America’s Highways. “I have never lived in a city that was not wrapped in highways. It’s hard for me to imagine anything else. And I thi…

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166. 3 Scaffolds Every Reading Teacher Should Use 27:59

19d ago27:59

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I’ve always made it a priority of mine to find simple yet effective strategies that support literacy teachers in the classroom. One of our main jobs as literacy teachers is to provide our students with the skills to become successful readers and writers. And one way to do that is by giving your students scaffolds to support their literacy growth an…

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Episode 574: Zach Harris 43:07

28d ago43:07

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Zach Harris is a journalist whose latest article for Rolling Stone is "Meet the Gen Z Hothead Burning Up Pro Bowling." “I'm not like a staff writer who has … status and access. But if I come up with something fun that you've never heard of that might connect to the larger culture, then it kind of hits a nerve and a sweet spot for me. Someone like a…

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165. Time Management Test-Taking Strategies That Work 25:37

26d ago25:37

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Over the last few episodes, I’ve been covering several test-taking strategies in order to help prepare your students for the end-of-year standardized test. Unfortunately, most standardized tests are timed, so having efficient time management is so important for the success of their performance. Knowing how to pace themselves during a timed test is …

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Episode 573: Rozina Ali 1:11:01

1M ago1:11:01

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Rozina Ali is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and the winner of the 2023 National Magazine Award for Reporting. Her latest article is “Raised in the West Bank, Shot in Vermont.” “I think it’s very, very important to speak to people as people. To speak to sources—even if you have the juiciest story—to really give them the grace…

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164. Helping Students Manage and Overcome Test Anxiety 21:58

1M ago21:58

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When it comes to preparing for a state standardized test, we tend to focus our energy and time on the content our students need to master in order to get a high-achieving score. We implement daily practice and review for weeks leading up to the test. However, one aspect that we don’t focus on but plays a big role in our students’ performances is te…

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Episode 572: Derek Thompson 46:51

1M ago46:51

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Derek Thompson is a staff writer for The Atlantic and host of the podcast Plain English. “I am an inveterate dilettante. I lose interest in subjects all the time. Because what I find interesting about my job is the invitation to solve mysteries. And once you solve one, two, three mysteries in a space, then the meta-mystery of that space begins to d…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Megan Polk Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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The Literacy Dive Podcast: Reading and Writing Strategies for Upper Elementary Teachers and Parents

Megan Polk, Literacy Specialist, Elementary Teacher

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Longform

Longform

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Living the Dream with Rory O'Malley

Broadway Podcast Network

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Episode 576: Lindsay Peoples 54:32

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169. Interventions for Cognitive Factors That Affect Reading Comprehension 21:11

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Polk Award Winners: Jason Motlagh 40:50

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Polk Award Winners: Brian Howey 29:22

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Polk Award Winners: Meribah Knight 44:39

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Polk Award Winners: Jesse Coburn 34:18

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Polk Award Winners: Amel Guettatfi and Julia Steers 42:48

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168. Interventions for Fundamental Factors That Affect Reading Comprehension 30:51

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Rerun: #429 Vinson Cunningham (Feb 2021) 53:20

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167. Fundamental, Cognitive, and Environmental Factors That Affect Reading Comprehension 25:24

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Episode 575: Megan Kimble 53:06

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166. 3 Scaffolds Every Reading Teacher Should Use 27:59

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Episode 574: Zach Harris 43:07

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165. Time Management Test-Taking Strategies That Work 25:37

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Episode 573: Rozina Ali 1:11:01

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164. Helping Students Manage and Overcome Test Anxiety 21:58

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Episode 572: Derek Thompson 46:51

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