E109

Two Teachers Talking About Reading

From The Broken Copier · Hosted by Marcus Luther

2026-01-17·01:03:16

Episode summary

In this episode of The Broken Copier: The conversation about reading across education has taken a front-and-center position in many places, so it felt like the right time to have a conversation about it—especially since Adrian Neibauer recently wrote a thoughtful reflection on the topic called “The Sanctity of Literacy. ” In this conversation, Marcus and Adrian talk about their experiences as teachers of reading in their respective classrooms; about the broader conversation over the Science of Reading and its…

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The conversation about reading across education has taken a front-and-center position in many places, so it felt like the right time to have a conversation about it—especially since Adrian Neibauer recently wrote a thoughtful reflection on the topic called “The Sanctity of Literacy.” In this conversation, Marcus and Adrian talk about their experiences as teachers of reading in their respective classrooms; about the broader conversation over the Science of Reading and its current impact on education; and about how we can create space to help students foster a more-sustainable love of reading in our classrooms going forward. Some resources mentioned at the beginning of the conversation: * Adrian’s piece on “The SLIME Method” * John Spencer’s website/resources Thanks, as always, to Alberto Lugo, one of Jim’s former students, for writing and recording original intro music; and Tom Csatari for allowing us to use his band’s recording of “Woodstock” from their 2020 album, Garden . * Find Tom’s work at uncivilizedtom.com , and on Instagram @banduncivilized. * Find Alberto’s work at djsynchro.weebly.com , and on Instagram @djsynchro. You can email us here with feedback or any other questions as well: thebrokencopier@substack.com . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thebrokencopier.substack.com