New Yorker staff writer Jia Tolentino joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how CoComelon, a low-tech animation show featuring nursery songs, capitalized on the untapped market of toddler viewing habits.
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How TV learned to take teenagers seriously
Entertainment journalist Thea Glassman makes the case that teen shows of yesterday paved the way for today’s diverse, complex and compelling teen storylines.
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Want To Learn About Class? Turn On The TV
Rob Henderson joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how he discovered the American class system by the TV he watched growing up.
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How We Got To ‘Sesame Street’
David Kamp joins us to talk about the age of children’s television with programs about multiculturalism, literacy, and lessons in kindness — often given by a giant yellow bird.
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How TV And Movies Keep Women In Their Place
Carina Chocano joins us to talk about how girls absorb images from popular culture into their own identities.
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Breaking Into The TV Boys’ Club
Nell Scovell joins us to talk about being a woman in famously male-dominated writers rooms.
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