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I am mid-40s. My daughter is 11. I take her to school, among other driving things, and usually play NPR. Whenever she needs to refer to what she's hearing -- usually to ask if I'll turn it off so she can pull up some godawful thing where a random Youtuber squawks discordant lyrics to a Pokémon video game score -- she calls it a podcast. I've stopped correcting her, particularly since most of the "shows" release as podcasts by the next day anyway.

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[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

As @glimse@lemmy.world said, I'm more interested in how something as seemingly pervasive as radio is a relic that she assumes is just one more streaming option. She approaches the world pretty literally, and just straight-up tells me that she doesn't want to listen to my stuff, LOL.

We're not quite into teen rebellion yet, though I can sense her beginning to probe at boundaries. She's a good kid with a kind heart, and she's finding her path, and I'll always support her wherever it leads, but by god I'm not listening to this when I'm trapped in a car with her. 🤣

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