Second Lady Usha Vance Launches 'Storytime With the Second Lady' Podcast
Podcast launched March 30 to boost childhood literacy; first three episodes stream on YouTube and Spotify and feature celebrity and athlete readers.
Overview
Second Lady Usha Vance launched the Storytime With the Second Lady podcast on March 30 to inspire a lifelong love of reading.
Vance said the podcast targets late preschool and early elementary children and aims to address declining literacy rates, according to an interview.
She is conducting a media tour to promote the podcast and described each episode as a special reader reading a book followed by a short conversation.
The first three episodes, each about 10 to 15 minutes, are available to stream on YouTube and Spotify and feature Vance, Danica Patrick and Brent Poppen.
Her office framed the launch as part of broader childhood literacy work that included a Summer Reading Challenge running June 1 to Sept. 5, 2025, and Vance is expecting her fourth child.
Analysis
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