Upworthy Weekly podcast: Kids name themselves, funny Yelp reviews, Tod’s dilemma

What are Alison and Tod talking about this week? A Backstreet Boy lets his daughter choose her name, a jilted bride has a wedding anyway and Tod contemplates life and death.

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Tod Perry

Oct 1, 2022

Photo credit: Array – Upworthy Weekly podcast for October 1, 2022

Alison and Tod debate whether kids should be able to name themselves. A woman brings champagne to a one-year-old’s birthday party and a bride left at the altar goes on with her wedding anyway.

Plus, Tod has a moral dilemma about life and death.

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