This is a very special episode. Instead of only one boring adult expert, we have five separate interviews with kids. For a few minutes each, they talk to us about a thing that they know more than a little something about. EJ, B, Iris, Atlas, and KCS talk to us about baseball and TikTok, about Pokemon, planets, and soccer formations. It is a fun episode, but these experts take their topics very seriously. Hope you enjoy listening to them as much as we did. 

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Your local library or the internet you are connected to on this device can give you further information about some of what these kids talked about. But it can't replicate their enthusiasm or insights. So here we would just recommend you ask a kid near you more about their interests

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We were initially stumped for an image that might sum up the diverse topics these kids covered. But ultimately opted to ask Gemini (kids don't try this at home!) to generate an image that showed Pokemon playing baseball and soccer on TikTok in space. It took a few tries but seems like a solid result.  But we know this AI engine was trained on the work of thousands if not millions of unnamed artists throughout history. So thanks to them.

Hosts: Madhurima Chakraborty madhurimachakraborty.net, Sean Johnson Andrews breakingculture.substack.com

Show music: composed by Kris Stokes krisstokes.com