11: How was life when you were 13?

When I was 13

When I was your age, we just had one TV channel When I was your age, we would go out and play When I was your age, I would read books every evening instead of watching Youtube If you were born in 2005 or later, how many of you have had your parents say this to you? There. I knew it! It’s true everywhere, from the US to India. Hello, my name is Aarushi Gupta. I am 14 and I stay in Gurugram, near New Delhi, India. I love watching TV shows. I got my smartphone when I turned 13 last year, but I did not realise this wonderful device comes with constant reminders from the parent- about how things were different when they were my age. Pestered by my parents’ constant reminders, I decided to figure out how the world really was when my parents were 13? Encouraged by the short-lived TV series Alex, I got curious about podcasting, and then decided that this would the easiest platform for me to figure out how life was for 13 year-olds in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, and the 2000s! I took some help from my dad and got in touch with a podcaster to launch my own podcast titled “When I Was 13” in 2018, when I turned, well, 13. With 23 episodes behind me, I have met entrepreneurs, professors, scientists, danseuse, social activists, CEOs, and more, and asked them 13 questions, including “In which year did you turn 13?” “At 13, did you know what you wanted to be when you grew up?” “Did you imagine doing what you do today, when you were 13?” And I normally end my show with this question: “What advice would have you have for 13 year olds like me?” I like to believe that my podcast is a time machine. It is a time machine for people, today and tomorrow, to travel back and find what young minds thought and did. It also acts as a fun class to learn some life lessons. And it begins by asking a simple question- “How was your world when you were 13?” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/when-i-was-13/message