Episode 3: Is Woke Culture Too Performative? / Blatant Corporate TikTok Ploys
Release Date: 02/16/2022
Keeping Up With Gen Z: Back Again
Keeping Up With Gen Z
Kaelin and Rhianny are finally back! In this episode they discuss getting older, building reletionships at the library, and a special apperance from our SNFL Teen Civics Ambassadors.
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Keeping Up With Gen-Z: Special Teen Reading Ambassador Episode
Keeping Up With Gen Z
Kaelin and Rhianny are taking the holiday season off, so we had Bryan and Angelina from our Teen Reading Ambassador program fill in! Bryan and Angelina interviewed two professional audio book narrators, Gail Shalan and Andre Santana. For more information on the Audio Publishers Association please visit:
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Keeping Up With Gen-Z: Thanksgiving
Keeping Up With Gen Z
Kaelin and Rhianny discuss the most overlooked holiday of the year, Thanksgiving! As well as a recap of our Teen Takeover Halloween event.
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Keeping Up With Gen-Z: Halloween
Keeping Up With Gen Z
It's the spooky season and Kaelin and Rhianny are talking all things Halloween.
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Keeping Up With Gen-Z: Back To School
Keeping Up With Gen Z
Incumbant host Kaelin and new host Rhianny talk about going back to school!
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Episode 19: Teens Take The Met
Keeping Up With Gen Z
Join hosts Kaelin and Yariana as they embark on an exhilarating adventure at the much-anticipated Teens Take The Met event. In this special episode, Kaelin and Yariana connect with teenagers from diverse backgrounds, exploring their perspectives on art, culture, and the pressing issues shaping their generation
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Episode 17: Spotify Wrapped is Back and Calling Everybody Out / Straight Romance Needs to Get its Act Together
Keeping Up With Gen Z
Spotify Wrapped is back right before December (weird, I know) and Kaelin and Alex’s musical taste had layers according to Spotify. They discuss their top 5 genres and top songs. Alex and Kaelin both agree that straight romance has been spiraling down the drain as of late and they give their opinions on why LGBTQ+ romances slay so much harder.
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Episode 16: A Couple of Coin-Carrying Conneticats on Connecticut and College
Keeping Up With Gen Z
Kaelin is out (for this episode). Alex is still in, and joined by guest, friend and frequent patron of the Teen Center, Johann (any pronouns). The two Conneticats talk about their recent parent-free trips to Connecticut. Both give their very comical experiences of the state and their takeaway from the trips. Then they discuss the racism, cultural appropriation of black culture, and the new K-pop group CocaNButter.
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Episode 15: Vlad from Hotel Transylvania is 7 feet tall / Idioms and Microaggressions
Keeping Up With Gen Z
The teens talk about their plans for October (come to the Teen Takeover!) and their recent fancies. Kaelin’s planning a Hotel Transylvania group costume with their friends (yes including baby Johnny). Kaelin and Alex are in agreement that idioms need to make a serious comeback (starting with “heard it through the grapevine”). Then they close it out with a brief detailing of the non-exaggerated microaggressions experienced by a black teen in NYC.
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Episode 14: Maraschino Cherries / The Lard of Chocolate (with Angela Yee!)
Keeping Up With Gen Z
Kaelin and Alex have a special guest, Angela Yee! In conversation with Angela, they discover her opinions on Arizona teas, TV shows that she’s into, her candy preferences, as well as her role as the first NYPL ambassador and her thoughts on entrepreneurship.
info_outlineKaelin and Alex discuss the trend to be “woke” on social media.