Recess Therapy: A conversation with Julian Shapiro-Barnum

With a mic in hand and video camera rolling nearby, Julian Shapiro-Barnum’s priceless interviews with kids for his hit web series “Recess Therapy” demonstrates the incredible wisdom, keen observations and often hilarious insights of children including viral hits like “komodo dragons eat people” and “I hope you have a corntastic day.”
Early fans of “Recess Therapy” may have noticed several Boston locations as backdrops for the series, which originally began as Shapiro-Barnum’s senior thesis while studying at Boston University. 2.6M Instagram followers later, the show has been described by The New York Times as “profound, hysterical, saccharine, aphoristic, rhapsodic, loopy and unhinged, a kind of timeless-yet-woke Generation Alpha version of Charles Schulz’s ‘The Doctor Is In.’”
WBUR Podcasts Executive Editor and Endless Thread podcast Co-host Ben Brock Johnson interviewed Shapiro-Barnum in a conversation rich with laughter, wisdom and fun, featuring videos from “Recess Therapy.”
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[@hazzaplayz808]

Julian has come a LONG way

[@ludalove4033]

And now Julian is at the golden globes!!

[@BostonBrownie617]

"The best way to be happy is to buy a lot of stuff that you like."
She's right!

[@MillennialMcGuyver]

I mean, it works for me! 😂

[@Benito-fn4ip]

Julian is excellent!...Recess Therapy works for me A much better person mentally and emotionally after 6 months of watching 😅 almost daily.

[@poorvachauhan]

❤❤❤❤❤ Kudos to Julian

[@Danner907]

I have such a crush on Julian! 😍

[@MsDeLo60]

That was great

[@3rin649]

julian is bæ

[@MoMo-00]

What does that mean?

[@crispusattucks4007]

@@MoMo-00what doesn’t it mean?

[@wildwitchwest]

he really is. such a wonderful human being. i wish more people had his energy

[@ohboilien]

@@MoMo-00it originally meant babe for a romantic partner, but it became a word for people someone simply adores

[@pratibhaatwal4987]

Julian is a july born person ...a cancerian ....so cancer zodiac people i read somewhere are pretty much comfortable with children and vice versa ...may b there r clingly for some adults ...but children find them interesting

[@hanniaramos6880]

I just watched a Recess Therapy’s video and thought “I’m pretty sure Julian was born in July bc of his personality” 😂