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Columnist, Free Expression, The Wall Street Journal
Read Meghan’s weekly column for WSJ’s Free Expression, covering a wide range of topics from contemporary culture to book reviews.
WSJ Opinion: The Outlook From and For Gen Z on America at 250
April 15, 2026
Speaking at WSJ Opinion Live in Washington, D.C., Free Expression columnist Meghan Cox Gurdon and editors Emma Camp and Mary Julia Koch discuss religion, patriotism and the advent of AI. Photo: WSJ Opinion Live
World Over with Raymond Arroyo
January, 2021
Podcast: WSJ Children's Book Critic & Author, Meghan Cox Gurdon on Reading Aloud to Children in the Age of Distraction
July 17, 2020 By Editorial Staff
This week on “The Learning Curve,” Cara and Gerard are joined by Meghan Cox Gurdon, the Wall Street Journal’s children’s book reviewer and author of The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction. Meghan shares what inspired her interest…
EP#6: Meghan Cox Gurdon: Reading Aloud | Dopamine Fixes | Technology vs. Paper Books
Dec 11, 2020
Impact in the 21st Century - a podcast by Simbi Foundation
Podcast: Cool Science Radio - The Neuroscience of Reading Aloud - Meghan Cox Gurdon
KPCW | By Lynn Ware Peek, John Wells
February 14, 2019
Shootin Straight Episode 11: Meghan Cox Gurdon
This week on Shootin’ Straight with Ken Buck, I had the honor of interviewing Meghan Cox Gurdon.
Podcast: Read Aloud Revival #130:
Reading Aloud as an Obstinate Act of Love, with Meghan Cox Gurdon
By Sarah Mackenzie June 10, 2019 For Mamas of Older Kids & Teens, For Mamas of Younger Kids, Podcast
In our culture today, is reading aloud an ‘obstinate act of love?’ Meghan Cox Gurdon, this week’s guest and author of The Enchanted Hour, believes so.
Why I read aloud to my teenagers
Storytime isn’t just for young children, says literary critic Meghan Cox Gurdon
Giulia Rhodes
February 9, 2019
