Kathryn Van Arendonk is a critic at New York Magazine who writes about TV and comedy, and I (Miranda) have loved her work for a long time. I was watching a lot of Bluey when I first started realizing that all my favorite TV reviews on New York Magazine’s Vulture site were written by the same person, and that person was Kathryn! It felt like magic when she started writing about Bluey and like even MORE magic when Kathryn announced that she will be writing a book (a “cultural deep-dive”) about Bluey that will be out in 2027. She’s currently elbow-deep in Bluey research and she joined us to explore the phenomenon that is Bluey, to answer all our questions about Bluey creator Joe Brumm (like has he left the show?? is Bluey about to be ensh•ttified??) and more.

Links:

* Lev Vygotsky

* Kathryn’s Joe Brumm profile for New York Magazine

* The Bluey house Airbnb

* Waldorf education

* Rudolf Stiener

* Beginners Mind

* The Daniel Tiger Conspiracy subreddit

* Grizzy and the Lemmings

* Steven Universe

* Hilda

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