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Two smiley faces: Episode five

Two smiley faces: Episode five

How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication

The Documentary Podcast · BBC World Service

August 1, 202123m 55s

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Show Notes

Our journey into the emoji universe takes some surprising directions. We reveal some of the human stories behind those tiny pictures on our screens. From the early days of reggae in Kingston, Jamaica to San Francisco’s Chinatown, we meet some of the people responsible for the emojis we have today.