4️⃣ Pandora's Box

Illustration by Rachel Maves.

This is the conclusion to a mini-series on emoji. If you haven't already heard parts 1️⃣, 2️⃣ and 3️⃣, go listen to those first.

Emoji put a once obscure group of nerds, known as the Unicode Consortium, into the spotlight. How have these cute little pictures challenged and changed this stodgy organization?

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You can learn more about making your own emoji with Jenny's project, Emojination. And you can adopt an emoji of your very own through Unicode's Adopt-a-Character program.

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Music in this episode is by the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder and Mark Bramhill. Theme music is by Terique Greenfield. Editing by Rob McGinley Myers and Suzanne Smith.