About this episode
We send 10 billion of them every day. Where do they come from? Zachary Crockett hearts this topic. SOURCES: Jennifer 8. Lee , co-founder of Emojination. RESOURCES: " Apple Removes The Gun Emoji, Replaces It With A Squirt Gun ," by Carl Franzen (Popular Science, 2021). " Ford’s secret fight for a pickup truck emoji ," by Mark Dent (The Hustle, 2019). " The WIRED Guide to Emoji ," by Arielle Pardes (WIRED, 2018). " How the iPhone won over Japan and gave the world emoji ," by Sam Byford (The Verge, 2017). " About Emoji ," (Unicode Consortium). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.