{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Art of the Zag","title":"These Parents Made a TV Show to Teach Kids Media Literacy - Now It's Booming on Amazon","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/81bd0a8f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3554,"description":"Shane Snow and Sylvia Brindis lost their funding six weeks before shooting. They pivoted and built Fluff Piece, a kids' show that teaches media literacy—now on Amazon's Wonder Project. Can it save our kids from the fake news dystopia?\nAbout Sylvia Brindis:\nSylvia Brindis is an actor, writer, and producer, and the co-creator and star of Fluff Piece, the media-literacy kids' series on Amazon's Wonder Project channel. She plays reporter Fiona Flash.\nChapters:\n(00:00) Shane's hiatus: they made a TV show\n(01:59) What Fluff Piece actually is\n(04:31) Funding vanished 6 weeks out\n(09:14) Why media literacy, and Blue Drink\n(15:58) Make the whole season first\n(26:03) Raising the money, selling the show\n(38:02) Where AI helped and where it flopped\n(52:00) Cognitive friction and closing zags","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/DxU1zuf3cf1bHz7e18y3PLfFOXz1V6Waeu5mNTk6NmY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82NWRk/MjBhOTQ0NGEyZGI0/NDk2NmM0MGUwYjcw/NjVhNS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}