Choose Your Own Adventure (with Special Guests!)

05/17/22 • 25 min

Nathan and Haeny read Choose Your Own Adventure books and discuss them with special guests: kids! (Books: Space and Beyond (Choose Your Own Adventure Series #3) and Choose Your Own Adventure Eighth Grade Witch.) They discuss what the kids thought about the CYOA book, the best reading strategies, and what's poppin' for their four guests.

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Our music is selections from “Leafeaters” by Podington Bear, Licensed under CC (BY-NC) 3.0.

Visit the episode page for transcripts and to learn more about what was discussed in this episode.

Our music is selections from “Leafeaters” by Podington Bear, Licensed under CC (BY-NC) 3.0.

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Haeny and Nathan discuss Masters of the Universe: Revelation, a recent follow-up to the '80s cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. They're joined by University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign Professor Anne Haas Dyson to talk children's play, pop culture and representation! How does Pop culture inform children's play, and what is the importance of representation to children? And why do shows keep trying to teach Haeny lessons?

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Our music is selections from “Leafeaters” by Podington Bear, Licensed under CC (BY-NC) 3.0.

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Our music is selections from “Leafeaters” by Podington Bear, Licensed under CC (BY-NC) 3.0.

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