Middle Schoolers Use NPR Podcasts on Spotify as Social Hangout
Gen Z users have turned the comment sections of NPR podcasts hosted on Spotify into a popular social space for middle school students.
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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 25 Sept 2026. TechCrunch published first, on 25 September at 20:33 UTC; The Verge followed 20h 59m later. The most recent article, from The Verge, appeared on 26 September at 17:32 UTC.
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