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Kids turned the comment section of an NPR podcast into a group chat

Middle schoolers, likely blocked from other apps and social networks, apparently turned the Spotify comment section under an episode of NPR's Wild Card into an impromptu group chat. In a new episode of This American Life, host Ira Glass digs into…

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ImpactMinor 20/100
Why it mattersMiddle schoolers using podcast comments for social interaction.
RegionsGlobal
Published5 h ago (Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:32:35 GMT)
RetrievedSat, 26 Sep 2026 20:00:51 GMT via atom
ClassifiedSat, 26 Sep 2026 20:05:54 GMT by mealissa:qwen2.5:14b
AuthorTerrence O’Brien