From Cocomelon Straight To Baddies: Bring Back Third Spaces

Kids don’t hang out anymore…and it’s starting to show. In this episode, we talk about the death of “third spaces”; the malls, skate rinks, random link-ups that lowkey taught us how to talk to people, handle rejection, and not be weird in public. Now? Everything is online, overpriced, or nonexistent. We get into how growing up outside vs. on a screen changes your confidence, your social skills, and honestly… your ability to function in real life. Plus, why it feels like there’s nowhere for teens to just be without spending money or being watched like a hawk. We also talk about how media changed (from Cocomelon to Baddies is a crazy pipeline), why everything feels like a paid experience now, and what we actually lost when “just hanging out” disappeared.