NPR

Muppets from Sesame Workshop help explain opioid addiction to children

Sesame Workshop has new resources for kids affected by the opioid epidemic, featuring videos explaining addiction and treatment. (This first aired on All Things Considered on Dec. 4, 2023.) The opioid ...
PBS

Host Alfonso Ribeiro & the Muppets of Sesame Street on Food

Host Alfonso Ribeiro and the Muppets of Sesame Street talk food at A Capitol Fourth 2023. Did you know that Cookie Monster loves cookies AND burgers? Host Alfonso Ribeiro talks to the Muppets of ...
KQED

‘Sesame Street’ Introduces TJ, the Show’s First Filipino American Muppet

TJ is the first Filipino muppet on ‘Sesame Street.’ (Courtesy of Sesame Workshop. Photographer: John Barrett) Sesame Street has debuted TJ, its first Filipino muppet. TJ joins Ji-Young, the show’s ...
WUNC

Muppets from Sesame Workshop help explain opioid addiction to children

The opioid epidemic affects millions of children. So the people behind "Sesame Street" are stepping in to help little kids with some big feelings about addiction and recovery. Here's WYPR's Scott ...
Iowa Public Radio

'Sesame Street' introduces TJ, the show's first Filipino American muppet

Sesame Street has debuted TJ, its first Filipino muppet. TJ joins Ji-Young, the show's first Asian American character, who was introduced in a special Thanksgiving episode in 2021. In a recent segment ...
Iowa Public Radio

Muppets from Sesame Workshop help explain opioid addiction to young children

Tevis Simon grew up in West Baltimore back in the 1980s, a neighborhood that lacked attention from the city and investment from the government. From day to day, she was never sure what version of her ...