Illustration by Rachel Maves.

This is part 3️⃣ in a mini-series on emoji. If you haven't already heard parts 1️⃣ and 2️⃣, go listen to that first.

How emoji are designed and the decisions behind them. And, what happens when they reach the real world?

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Members can hear exclusive deleted scenes from this episode about another person smitten by the idea of proposing an emoji, and Unicode's love of completion. If you're not already a member, sign up here.

Music in this episode is by the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder. Theme music is by Terique Greenfield. Editing by Rob McGinley Myers. 

Google's new expression emoji. RIP blobs.

Rachel Been did an excellent writeup of Google's emoji redesign for Android O. There are some great illustrations showing exactly what they changed. Go read all about it.

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Famed musician Cher is known on Twitter for her frequent use of emojis. Tyler Schnoebelen, our emoji linguist, did an analysis to determine if she truly is the Queen of Emoji.