Tamara Kay
Sociologist and professor (noted in the episode as University of Pittsburgh faculty) whose research examines transnational organizational partnerships; author of Sesame Street Around the World (Oxford UP, 2025) based on ethnographic fieldwork with Sesame Workshop.
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Mar 7, 2026 • 46min
Tamara Kay, "Sesame Street Around the World: Culture, Politics, and Transnational Organizational Partnerships" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Tamara Kay, a professor who spent seven years researching Sesame Street co-productions worldwide. She describes how Sesame Workshop co-produces local versions through collaboration, disassembly and reconstitution of the show, and careful dissemination. The conversation covers team structures, managing cultural conflicts, inclusion choices, funding pressures, outreach strategies, and lessons for transnational partnerships.
Mar 7, 2026 • 46min
Tamara Kay, "Sesame Street Around the World: Culture, Politics, and Transnational Organizational Partnerships" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Tamara Kay, sociologist at the University of Pittsburgh who studied Sesame Workshop through seven years of ethnography. She describes how Sesame Street is co-produced with local partners, the phases of disassembly and reconstitution, how teams navigate sensitive cultural topics, and the logistical, funding, and alliance-building work that lets a US cultural icon become locally resonant around the world.
