{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66510864c0852400122bc7be/69ab208b7036d7390212054a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"PREVIEW: The Friday Edition. - Rebuilding a literate America.","description":"<p>The literacy crisis is one of the most profound problems facing Gen Z and Gen Alpha. As my generation ages up into the workforce and the citizenry, lower literacy rates mean a decline in the ability to understand the world around us — including the laws and political texts upon which this country was built. And if fewer Americans understand the texts that shape our society, our society will be susceptible to changing for the worse, forgetting the whys and the hows that built the most successful, prosperous nation on earth. In the belly of that forgetting lies the possibility of national decline.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><h3>Ad-free podcasts are here!</h3><p>To listen to this podcast ad-free, and to enjoy our subscriber only premium content, go to&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.readtangle.com/membership/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>ReadTangle.com</em></a>&nbsp;to sign up!</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>You can<a href=\"https://www.readtangle.com/membership/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;subscribe to Tangle by clicking here</a>&nbsp;or drop something<a href=\"https://givebutter.com/khshEi?ref=readtangle.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;in our tip jar by clicking here.</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Our Executive Editor and Founder is Isaac Saul. Our Executive Producer is Jon Lall.</p><p><br></p><p>This podcast was written by:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.readtangle.com/author/audrey/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Audrey Moorehead</a>  and audio edited and mixed by Dewey Thomas. Music for the podcast was produced by Diet 75.</p><p><br></p><p>Our newsletter is edited by Managing Editor Ari Weitzman, Senior Editor Will Kaback, Lindsey Knuth, Bailey Saul, and Audrey Moorehead.</p>","author_name":"Isaac Saul"}