About this episode

The episode discusses Australian culture, running comparisons, and the generational use of emojis.

This week we kick things off with a lesson in Australian culture and Laura learns that the national anthem and the iconic Qantas ads are two different songs! Then we answer your DM about comparison when it comes to running. Finally - do your emojis make you look old!? The New York Times seems to think so, so we compare our emojis and find out if we’re using millennial emojis.  WE MENTIONED The New York Times emoji article https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/12/upshot/emoji-generations.html   The list of emojis that have been rejected https://unicode.org/emoji/emoji-proposals-status.html   SPECIAL SHARES Steph: Don’t Say Good Luck https://www.netflix.com/au/title/81975622? Laura: The Traitors Australia (again!) https://10.com.au/the-traitors    Kic UPDATE Our brand new 3/5/10 Run Together Challenge with New Balance is here! This time, with a lineup of inspiring and iconic voices to cheer you on as you run towards your goal: G-Flip, Steph, Matty J, Allira Potter, Annabelle Lee, Luke Bateman, Brooke Blurton & Laura! Choose your distance - 3km, 5km or 10km, then complete 3 x runs per week, across an 8-week journey. The challenge starts…

People in this episode

Hosts: Steph Claire Smith, Laura

Topics covered

• Australian culture
• running comparison
• emojis
• national anthem
• KIC updates

Keywords

• Australian culture
• running
• emojis
• national anthem
• KIC updates

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New York Times, Qantas, Netflix, KICBump, New Balance

Books & works: Don’t Say Good Luck, The Traitors Australia

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