I'm Tony Cohn and this is Side Door, a new podcast from the Smithsonian. In our first episode my co-host Megan and I

bring you three stories that touch on what technology can say about us. And to do

this we're sending Megan into some dangerous territory. That's right Tony I'm going

back to high school or at least a high schooler's bedroom just like Drew Barrymore

and never been kissed I'm getting the scoop on the cool kids.

I'm Hannah Thompson and I am 18 years old. I'm Aaron Sonnenburg and I'm the same age.

We are best friends. I hung out in Aaron's bedroom for an afternoon to learn a little

bit about what they're into. Turns out, those girls love their phones.

I was watching Vibe.

You were showing us stuff before from Snapchat.

You guys used Snapchat? No, we actually sent by a message pigeon.

Carrier Owl. I guess teenage sarcasm is pretty timeless though. It's between Instagram and

Snapchat both of them I use so much. They're just fun times. All day every day.

I know this is like a weird example but there's a Kylie Jenner everywhere.

For those of you not into reality TV, Kylie Jenner is the youngest sister from keeping up with the

Kardashians and she is huge on social media. And every high school has someone like her, the popular kid, the one who gets all the likes and comments.

You know there's always going to be that one girl or that one guy that's the it person.

When they post photos, you know, it's instant, like two seconds.

Like, like, like, like, like, everybody loves it.

But like, if I were to post something,

it would take like nine hours.

Yeah and who has pictures with who too?

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