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We gotta find a Paul print.

That's the first clue.

We put it in a notebook and now what do we do?

Loose, Loose, Loos.

We gotta find another Paul Grant, that's the second clue.

We put it in a notebook.

Now what do we do?

Welcome to the Colette Podcast. I'm Jonathan Kay. What you just heard is an early theme to Blues Clues, an inexplicably popular American children's television series that premiered on Nick

Jr. 25 years ago. It's one of those shows that's a byword for simple innocent if somewhat tedious kids

programming. But my guest today veteran film and TV critic Christian Toto

reports that even the world of kids TV is succumbing to ideologically torqued influences.

In a recent article for real clear investigations, he describes how the newest iteration of

Blues Clues features a song about trans and non-binary identities.

And Netflix is preparing an animated version of Anti-Racist Baby, book by Ibrahim X. Kendi that teaches toddlers to confess

their racism. I can't wait for that one. Christian Toto is a contributing film

critic and reporter for the Washington Times.

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