How emoji have changed how we communicate and why we ❤️ them

This hour, our new favorite way to communicate: emoji.

We look at how emoji are created and how they change meaning and talk to the creator of Emojiland: The Musical.

GUESTS:

• Keith Broni: Editor-in-chief of Emojipedia
• Keith Harrison Dworkin: Composer and creator of Emojiland: The Musical
• Alex King: Associate professor of philosophy at Simon Fraser University and editor-in-chief of Aesthetics for Birds

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Colin McEnroe, Jonathan McNicol, and Cat Pastor contributed to this show, which originally aired June 9, 2022.

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