Why can't Molly be involved in code breaking for the Enigma Project or something?

Because like everyone else got to do something extremely relevant to her moment in time.

Welcome to your wrong about.

I'm Sarah Marshall.

And today we're talking about the flower in the bread of any moral panic, the teenager.

Our guest today is Harmony Colangelo. She's been on to talk with us about Tiny Tim and, of course, the Cleveland Balloon Disaster.

Both great episodes.

And today we're talking about the post-war educational film and kind of the invention of the American teenager as a category.

We haven't always had them.

We've always had adolescence, but we haven't always

had teens. Where did they come from? And why do we blame them for everything? Our April bonus,

if you haven't heard it yet, is a newspapers.com, choose your own adventure with our dear friend of the

show, Chelsea Weber Smith. We both gave each other weird random words

to search on newspapers.com. This is not an endorsement. We just like it and use it a lot. And we

hunted up what we found when we searched for jawbones and jump ropes and no bed knobs and broomsticks this time, but maybe next time.

Thank you for being with us.

Thank you for caring about teenagers with us.

If you're a teenager, thank you for making it through and doing what you're doing.

You're doing great.

I promise adults are just projecting their fears about themselves onto you, I'm pretty sure.

And if you're a former teenager, congratulations.

And if you're a future teenager, you'll love it.

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