Upworthy Weekly podcast: Gen X’s teachers, Arnold’s graduation advice, how to stop misinformation

Alison and Tod talk about things teachers did in the ‘80s and ‘90s that wouldn’t fly today, a beauty pageant contestant who refuses to wear makeup and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s advice to graduates.

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Photo credit: ArrayUpworthy Weekly podcast for September 3, 2022

On this week’s episode of “Upworthy Weekly,” Alison and Tod talk about the things teachers did in the ‘80s and ‘90s that just wouldn’t fly today. They also discuss a beauty pageant contestant who refuses to wear makeup, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s advice to graduates and how to stop misinformation online.

Plus, a 7-year-old listener rates her week.


Pop Culture

Gen Xers explain that quick moment in the ’90s when everybody suddenly got into swing music

Animals

Ecologist ‘bursts into tears’ seeing endangered gliders using replacement nests

Culture

A guy made every every president into a ‘cool guy with a mullet’ and the images deliver

Family

Married couple sticks it to nosy friends and relatives with viral ‘announcement’ prank