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The Ten News, News For Curious Kids

Olivia Seltzer Interview Extended Cut πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’»

The Ten News, News For Curious Kids

Small But Mighty Media

Education For Kids, Kids & Family, News

4.4 β€’ 702 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 28 January 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

We're sharing extended versions of some of our favorite interviews this week, with extra stuff our awesome listeners didn’t get to hear the first time around! πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» Meet Olivia Seltzer, the 16-year-old founder of The Cramm, a news source for Gen Z. πŸ“ When did she come up with the idea for The Cramm? πŸ’― What's Olivia's ultimate goal with The Cramm? πŸ‘ We'll let her tell you that! Plus - the Fun Fact of the Day! πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ’» Sign up for The Cramm, "a fun, easy way to know the world's happenings": TheCramm.com πŸŽ‡ Join us on Instagram πŸ’Œ We love email! Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Hey, Tenors. Oh my gosh, the Ten News is so busy this week, planning ways to make the show even better for you in the coming months. So while we are working hard and definitely not playing video games, wink, wink, we're giving you a look back at one of our favorite interviews.

0:26.8

I'm Bethany Van Delft, and on today's The 10 News, get ready to be inspired by a teen who's helping her generation stay informed.

0:29.5

It's the extended version of my conversation with Olivia Seltzer, the founder of the

0:35.0

Kram newsletter, and it's got stuff you didn't hear the first time around.

0:40.9

Okay, let's get into the 10 news.

0:43.2

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

0:50.2

Young people, just like you, are finding all kinds of ways to make a difference in our world

0:58.2

I caught up with 16 year old Olivia Seltzer founder of the popular newsletter the cram to learn more

1:05.0

about how she's sparking change by sharing information for anyone out there who doesn't, why don't you tell us what the cram is?

1:13.6

Sure, so the cram is a daily newsletter for Gen Z.

1:17.6

Basically what I do is wake up at 5 a.m. every day to read the news, create relevant stories,

1:23.6

and then rewrite them in a way that truly speaks to Gen Z. So we have news that's engaging,

1:29.0

digestible, and accessible. Then I send this out in a newsletter via email, text, social media,

1:35.1

IGTV, a podcast, basically everything out there in multiple languages to readers in over 100

1:41.2

countries all over the world with the goal of educating and activating our

1:45.1

generation. Holy guacamole. How did you get this idea? Like when did you, when did it come up?

1:51.7

Were you like in the shower? Were you rollerblading? And why? Why would you do such a thing?

1:56.8

I wish I could rollerblade. That'd be a much cooler story. No, so actually, when I was 12 years old and it was the 2016 U.S. presidential election,

2:07.6

I remember the day after I went to school, the majority of the kids at my school are the children of undocumented immigrants.

2:14.6

And there was a lot of talk about what was going on in our government.

2:19.9

And I think it was one of the first time we all really felt this direct connection to what was

2:25.2

happening in our government. So we all were talking a lot about the news and politics, but

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