20 days ago
Kids turned the comment section of an NPR podcast into a group chat
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. The Verge is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 26 Sept 2026, 17:32 UTC. The headline in use is “Kids turned the comment section of an NPR podcast into a group chat”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
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 how the kids landed there and why.
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- First reported by The Verge
Kids turned the comment section of an NPR podcast into a group chat
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- The Verge