How children's television has evolved since 'Sesame Street'

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How children's television has evolved since 'Sesame Street'

By J. Carlisle Larsen,

Kevin Chang Barnum, Khalilah Brown-Dean, Catie Talarski

Published September 14, 2022 at 12:11 PM EDT

Sonia Manzano at the "Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street" Special Screening at Symphony Space on December 10, 2021. — Sonia Manzano attends the "Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street" Special Screening at Symphony Space on December 10, 2021, in New York City.

Children's programming has evolved significantly since Sesame Street first debuted on PBS in 1969. This week on Disrupted, we revisit our conversation with actor Sonia Manzano, who played Maria on Sesame Street for more than 40 years. And we talk to a child psychologist who consulted on the creation of kids shows like and .

GUESTS:

Sonia Manzano: Actress, best known for work as Maria on Sesame Street. She鈥檚 also the creator of the animated kids show and author of the book .
Daniel R. Anderson: Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a former consultant for Nickelodeon and Sesame Workshop

Disrupted is produced by J. Carlisle Larsen, Kevin Chang Barnum, and Catie Talarski.

This episode of Disrupted was produced by James Szkobel-Wolff and Zshekinah Collier.

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J. Carlisle Larsen

J. Carlisle Larsen is a producer for 黑料吃瓜网 Radio鈥檚 weekly show 'Disrupted' with Dr. Khalilah Brown-Dean. JC has a background in production, reporting and hosting and previously worked for Wisconsin Public Radio and WDET-FM (Detroit鈥檚 NPR Station). Her work has appeared on National Public Radio, the CBC, and other outlets.

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Kevin Chang Barnum

Kevin Chang Barnum is a producer for 黑料吃瓜网 Radio鈥檚 weekly show Disrupted. Kevin grew up in 黑料吃瓜网 and started his radio work at his graduate university鈥檚 radio station, KUCI. He has also worked for HRN, a network of food and beverage podcasts.

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Khalilah Brown-Dean

Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean is an award-winning scholar at Wesleyan University, author, and host of 'Disrupted' on 黑料吃瓜网.

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Catie Talarski

Catie Talarski is Senior Director of Storytelling and Radio Programming at 黑料吃瓜网.

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