[00:00:02.590] – The Bul Bey
Hello hello and welcome to So Curious, presented by the Franklin Institute.
[00:00:09.490] – Kirstin Michelle Cills We are your host. I am the Bul Bey.
[00:00:12.310] – The Bul Bey No, I’m the Bul Bey.
[00:00:18.910] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
And Bey and I are so happy to bring you our final episode of season two of So Curious. We did it!
[00:00:27.430] – The Bul Bey
Yeah. Long season, but a fun season.
[00:00:33.240] – The Bul Bey
We have covered a lot of topics. We have talked about how frogs make first impressions on their mates.
[00:00:40.740] – Kirstin Michelle Cills We talked about hookup culture today.
[00:00:42.570] – The Bul Bey
We talked about marriage, non monogamy and everything in between. And now, in true dramatic fashion, we are going to go out with a bang. In our final episode of this season, we are going to be breaking down ghosting and rejection. The demise of connection.
[00:00:58.410] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
Ghosting- harsh. In this episode, we are talking with social psychologist Dr. Gili Freedman about the best way to reject someone. So, get your notes and take notes.
[00:01:13.200] – The Bul Bey
And later, we’re going to hear from Philadelphia street artist Amberella about her art installation dedicated specifically to the man who ghosted her
[00:01:21.970] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
Epic, iconic -So Bey, as artists, in our field, rejection is a big old part of it. As performers, we just get our feelings hurt for a living sometimes, right?
[00:01:35.840] – Kirstin Michelle Cills No, it’s kind of true.
[00:01:36.680] – The Bul Bey
Yeah. How have you kind of learned to navigate that in your career? It’s obviously so much harder in the beginning, right?
[00:01:42.920] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
Oh, yeah. I think the hardest thing about being creative and going into these art spaces is that we’re commodifying our emotions. And that’s tough because when you get rejected, that’s like, I really like this thing and I really wanted to see this happen. And it depends on how many times I get rejected. I’m a pretty stubborn and persistent person, and I tend to be patient. I think patience is really helpful for me because if an idea gets shut down, I’ll wait and see if there’s another opportunity for that idea to be accepted again. Because good ideas are just good ideas. It may not happen at that exact moment, but be patient and work on it still, it’s not so much about, I don’t know, jumping on every opportunity. You just have to kind of be patient. So I’m patient and I’m kind of equal parts grace, equal parts persistence.
[00:02:34.850] – The Bul Bey
Damn. I have an exact opposite take on rejection, which is that it’s just anytime I get rejected, I just jump into the school. Yeah, it’s hard. It was really hard at the beginning, especially as an actor. Literally, the statistic is always like, for every 100 times you audition, you will get one of those. You’re always being told no. And it’s super hard in the beginning because, like you said, it’s like, this is me, though. Don’t take it personally. It’s just business. It’s like I’m not applying for a job to work at a certain place, like, I’m asking you to like me and you’re like, right, but it’s freaking hard. Oh, my God.
And it never gets easier but you do learn better ways to be rejected and better ways to handle it. Which is why I think also it’s really cool to hear that there is like a science behind it, right? And that’s a
great segue- we’re going to hear some more about rejection from that scientific standpoint, so let’s bring on our first guest rejection experts, dr. Gili Friedman. Welcome. Thank you so much for joining us.
[00:03:42.120] – Dr. Gili Freedman Thanks for having me here.
[00:03:43.440] – The Bul Bey
Yeah. So, Gili, do you mind just telling us a little bit about yourself, what you do?
[00:03:47.500] – Dr. Gili Freedman
So I’m an assistant professor of psychology at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and I’m a social psychologist, and one of the main things I study is social rejection.
[00:03:55.810] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
Nice. Tell us about your academic journey. What inspired you to study social exclusion?
[00:04:01.390] – Dr. Gili Freedman
So I started thinking about social exclusion when I was an undergrad at Haveherford College and I wound up doing my senior thesis on that topic and I was reading about it and noticing that a lot of the work really focused on how it feels to be rejected. And the answer is generally really bad, as you might imagine. But what there was a lot less on is what’s going on with the person doing the rejecting, why are they doing it? How do they feel? Does it matter who they are as a person in terms of how they decide to do it? And so I went to graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin and wound up working with Dr. Jennifer Beer and started thinking about the sort of two sided nature of social rejection and when people decide to reject and the language they use when they’re rejecting. And that’s how it got started.
[00:04:45.460] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
Could you explain some of the different tools that you have used to study social rejection? And specifically since we’re going to be talking about Ghosting today, specifically Ghosting?
[00:04:56.220] – Dr. Gili Freedman
A Lot of the work that we do on ghosting and on rejection uses pretty typical self report methods like surveys and things like that. But we also have been able to use things like interactive narratives. So there’s this tool called Twine that you can use online. It’s free to use and you can create a story where people have choices. So if you remember like, choose your own adventure books where you go in and there’s a choice and you get to decide for the choose of your own adventure ones like do I go into the cave or do I go explore the woods? And we use that for some of our rejection work, putting people in situations and asking them, what would you do here? Would you tell the person this thing or do you tell them this other thing? And so that’s been great because it allows our participants to have a more immersive experience instead of just asking them questions. And it lets us look at some interesting ideas. For example, one of my at St. Mary’s College in Maryland, I work with really great undergraduate students and they all do a senior thesis and so one of my students is doing one on rejection and she used this interactive narrative to look at deception within the context of rejection. And so she lets people be in this story where they’re interacting with someone and they have to decide how to reject them. And thinking about how lies play a role in that.
[00:06:07.840] – The Bul Bey
Can you explain why it’s sometimes harder to reject than be rejected?
[00:06:13.100] – Dr. Gili Freedman
I think that it can be really hard because of something called scriptlessness. This is something that researchers were talking about in the 90s. But the idea that when we’re in a social situation, we have scripts that we follow. So if you’re in a restaurant and someone comes up to you with a notepad, you know that they’re probably going to ask you what you want to eat, and you’re going to tell them that, and at some point they’ll bring it back. But with rejection, we don’t have any good scripts. There’s no great way of rejecting because anything that would be a script is a cliche. So you could say it’s not you, it’s me, but everyone knows it’s a cliche, so it doesn’t work. And so you’re put in a situation where you don’t know what to say, there’s no great thing you can say, and you don’t necessarily want to hurt the other person. Right. You just don’t want to do whatever it is with them. And so that puts people in an uncomfortable situation that they don’t know how to get out of, and we have no good answers for them.
[00:07:01.020] – The Bul Bey
Do you have any good scripts to offer us? Can you give me a new script other than like, it’s not you, it’s me?
[00:07:05.910] – Dr. Gili Freedman
I would love to. That’s what we’re trying to figure out.
[00:07:08.000] – The Bul Bey Yeah.
[00:07:09.110] – Dr. Gili Freedman
So we don’t have a great answer. We know that some things don’t seem to help, so apologies don’t seem to be a great solution to that problem, but we don’t have a great answer for like, this is definitely what you should do.
[00:07:20.260] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
So you have an article that you wrote “when saying sorry may not help: the impact of apologies on social rejection”. Basically, you’re finding that rejections that include apologies actually increase hurt feelings and increase aggression. Can you explain why you think this might be?
[00:07:38.050] – Dr. Gili Freedman
In some ways this comes back to the idea of a script. And when we apologize to someone, like, in any context, we kind of expect that they’re going to forgive us. So if I bump into you and say, I’m sorry, I expect you to say, oh, that’s okay. Right? And if you don’t, that’s weird. And so what happens is we are kind of constraining people’s responses when we apologize because there’s a social norm they’re supposed to follow. Now, if I rejected you, you’re probably upset, you’re probably hurt. It’s not a great situation. And then I apologize. Well, now you need to tell me that that’s okay. So you, in some ways need to comfort me, even though I’m just the one who rejected you. And we think that that really puts people in a situation they don’t like being in because they’re having to express forgiveness without actually feeling it. So if you’ve ever been in a situation where someone has apologized to you and you’re like, I really don’t forgive you right now, but you felt like you have to say, that’s okay, it doesn’t feel good.
[00:08:30.510] – The Bul Bey Right.
[00:08:30.940] – The Bul Bey
Let’s turn to the topic of ghosting, specifically, what differentiates ghosting from other forms of rejection?
[00:08:36.430] – Dr. Gili Freedman
Ghosting is different in that you’re not actually communicating the rejection. Your lack of communication is the action. So we think about ghosting as ending a relationship by cutting off all contact. So in other forms of rejection, you might tell the person, right. Whereas with Ghosting, they’re sending you messages. Maybe they’re trying to get in touch with you and you’re just not answering. And that leaves them in a state of not knowing. Right there’s that moment when you’ve been ghosted where you’re not actually sure if you have yet, because maybe they just haven’t responded. And I think that really differentiates it from a more explicit form of rejection where, you know, oh, it’s over.
[00:09:08.020] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
I’ll jump onto the next question. Your article, “Ghosting and Destiny,” you talk about implicit theories of relationships that have identified two types of beliefs destiny and growth. Can you talk more about that?
[00:09:19.520] – Dr. Gili Freedman
Yeah, this is really interesting work that was still being done on how we think about the nature of relationships. And so people vary in terms of how they conceive of relationships in general. Not like a specific relationship, but overall. And so people can believe, for example, that a relationship is either going to work or it’s not, that the success of a relationship is destined from the very beginning, and those are called destiny beliefs. Or you could believe that relationships need to be worked on over time, that with enough effort, any relationship can work, that relationships are like a garden that needs to be tended. Those are growth beliefs. And so people vary in terms of how strongly they believe each of those things.
[00:09:57.540] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
Yeah. Can these theories help us understand ghosting any better?
[00:10:00.070] – Dr. Gili Freedman
So what we found that we were really intrigued by was that people who have stronger destiny beliefs feel more positively about ghosting. They’re more likely to say they would ghost, and they’re more likely to have previously used ghosting to end relationships before, which makes a lot of sense, because if you think that a relationship is either going to work or it isn’t, then just cutting it off when you feel like it’s not working anymore, that’s probably pretty rational. Whereas if you’re someone who thinks less like that and you don’t think it’s just one person, and this is either it or it’s not, then Ghosting might feel a little harsh and like, why aren’t you giving it more of a chance? Why are you just cutting it off, like, so completely?
[00:10:33.540] – The Bul Bey
What are the research methods to measure the impact of Ghosting and the reason people do it? What’s the bar for that?
[00:10:40.810] – Dr. Gili Freedman
So for a lot of that, it’s really self report. So asking people to tell us, have you Ghosted before? Have you been Ghosted? How does that make you feel? Because with these things, it’s your experience, right? If we want to understand your experience, then sometimes just asking about that can be the best way of doing it. There are a lot of reasons that people will give if you ask them, why did you go someone? And one of those is not wanting to hurt someone’s feelings, feeling like it’s easier. The thing that keeps me really interested in social rejection is the fact that you have two sides who have legitimate worries and negative emotions, and they’re trying to balance it. And it’s not really a villain hero story, right, which is a lot of times how it’s portrayed in the media of like, oh, the person you rejected is a terrible person. They’re breaking that other person’s heart. But both people are managing complex emotions, and the rejecter might not want to hurt the other person, and so they’re looking for ways to do it, and maybe they make bad decisions sometimes because we don’t know how to do it. But I think Ghosting can really fall under that category a lot of times of, I don’t know how to end this well. I don’t know what the right thing to say is. It’s going to be really uncomfortable. Maybe if I just don’t say anything, it’ll be better for everyone.
[00:11:45.560] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
Do you have any personal accounts or stories to share where the rejection had a more healthier outcome and the rejection maybe had a more not so pleasant or pretty outcome?
[00:11:56.970] – Dr. Gili Freedman
So I think one example I have of how complicated it is, is I had been on a few dates with someone years ago, and it went pretty well. He had asked me that he had initiated the first couple of dates. I sent him a message about the third, and he wrote me back a very kind, lovely message saying he wasn’t interested, but it had been great to hang out. And I remember this because I felt hurt. And I was studying rejection at the time, and I even knew, like, oh, this was a nice rejection, right? He did everything he was supposed to, but I still don’t feel great. And I think that really highlights the complicated nature of it, right? That you can do everything right, and the other person is still going to have feelings, and that’s okay. That’s just kind of part of the process. The one time I’ve ghosted someone, I did feel very guilty about it. I just didn’t know what to say. It was exactly that situation. I
wasn’t interested. And they sent me pictures of graphs from their research in a text message. And I was just like, I don’t know what to say to this.
[00:12:52.890] – Dr. Gili Freedman
And I never responded. So that was probably not the most mature way of dealing with it, but it was 100% for reasons we just talked it, right. I didn’t have a script. I didn’t know what to say. I didn’t want to hurt the person, but that’s sort of how it wound up.
[00:13:05.650] – The Bul Bey
Do you have any recommendations for ways that might be a good way to reject somebody?
[00:13:10.710] – Dr. Gili Freedman
I think in general, what the research has shown is that not talking to people isn’t great. So there’s a lot of work on Ostracism, which is the silent treatment, which has a lot of similarities to ghosting. And a lot of that research shows it’s a really hurtful thing to do. It’s hard to get over. And so I think when you can communicate, that’s going to be a better bet for the most part. And people generally tend to appreciate it. And I think in terms of what to say, I think not apologizing is probably a good thing. I think thinking about what you would want to be told right. And remembering that that other person has feelings and is also entitled to their feelings. Right. Because, again, you could say everything right, and they still might not be super happy. And that’s just the reality of the situation.
[00:13:52.590] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
Thank you for taking time and not rejecting us and stepping into the space with information and just a really open conversation. I really appreciate that.
[00:14:01.110] – The Bul Bey
Yes, this is super interesting to hear. There is so much science and research behind something that feels so universal but doesn’t feel like it’s talked about very often. So thank you for doing the work that you do.
[00:14:12.190] – Dr. Gili Freedman
Thank you for having me here. It’s been fun.
[00:14:15.410] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
Thank you so much to Dr. Gili Freeman okay, so when we talk about ghost things, most of the time it’s with dates, right?
[00:14:23.910] – Kirstin Michelle Cills Yeah.
[00:14:24.210] – The Bul Bey
But it can also be with friends, job interviews, other things. Have you ever been ghosted or in any sense, have you ever been ghosted? But I’m also curious, specifically when it comes to love, sex, and relationships.
[00:14:39.790] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
I would say a friend definitely just created distance and just stopped speaking to me. And I’m like, well, what happened? I mean, I had a sense of what event took place that kind of sparked that behavior, but no explanation, no clear explanation just kind of happened. And it is baffling. I do my best not to judge. We all are carrying all kinds of social baggage and trying to just navigate that as best as possible. And it can hurt, but that builds resilience. That’s a part of socialization. Like, you have to have some rejections I can’t imagine anyone who’s never been rejected. Who’s that person? Who’s that person that’s never been ghosted, never been rejected, never been turned down.
[00:15:22.870] – The Bul Bey
Part of me is like, well, they must be the most perfect person in the world, but in reality, it’s like, that means they just never have put themselves out there ever. Probably. Right. You have to at least take a risk. Whether you’re trying to date, whether you’re trying to audition, submit for something, apply for a job, it takes a vulnerability. You have to have an ability to put yourself out there. And if you get rejected, I mean, you’re going to at some point, right. Ghosting, in my experience, is like a private affair. Like, people kind of keep their stories of being rejected to themselves because it feels shameful or embarrassing or whatever. And our next guest has dealt with her ghosting in quite the opposite way, because after she was ghosted, local street artist Amberla created a very, very public art display on the streets of Philadelphia. Welcome. So, Amber, can you tell us a little bit about what you do? Introduce yourself?
[00:16:20.440] – Amberella
I’ve been between Philly and California for a couple of years now. I’m an artist, and I show my work typically in public places.
[00:16:30.210] – The Bul Bey
As a Philly resident, I have seen your work all over. I love what you do.
[00:16:34.260] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
Can you tell us about your relationship to the city of Philadelphia?
[00:16:37.140] – Amberella
Philly definitely has a special place in my heart, and I grew up in Pennsylvania in the suburbs. Once I was in middle school, I started sneaking on the train to the city and, like, going to Hong Kong shows and basements in West Philly, and I really fell in love with the city, and it was always my dream to get to live there one day. I moved there in 99.
[00:16:59.460] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
You mentioned all your artwork being outside. I think during the Pandemic, we caught a glimpse of Philadelphia in many cities around the country. Right. Completely empty. No cars, no thing. Just taking up space. How would you want to fill up or utilize space? Moving into the future, what comes to.
[00:17:16.920] – Amberella
Mind right away is more space for performance art. I just see the street filled with artists of all mediums.
[00:17:25.760] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
How long have you been a mixed media artist, and is your art your main form of expression?
[00:17:30.470] – Amberella
I feel like I’ve been an artist since I was born, and my mom just let me express myself in all different types of ways, and it’s definitely my main form of expression. My art is a living, breathing embodiment of my heart. I find inspiration from the was always really inspired, actually, by advertisement and magazines. And, like, one of my series, I use the Magic Eight Ball. I use the label makers for one of my series, so I kind of always draw from that time.
[00:18:03.560] – The Bul Bey
Tell us about the haiku that you wrote for a man that you met on hinge.
[00:18:09.120] – Amberella
Yeah. So I wrote this out on a piece of paper, just, like, in my notebook, and took a photo of it and sent a photo of it to a man. It’s a haiku. It’s called where’d you go. You sucked my melons. We ate meat lover’s pizza. Did you get too full? Like, where did you go?
[00:18:28.250] – Kirstin Michelle Cills I love it. I absolutely love it.
[00:18:32.000] – The Bul Bey
Obviously, most people view ghosting as a disinterest in them. How, in your experience, might this not always be the case?
[00:18:41.040] – Amberella
I think there’s a lot of different reasons that people go. That’s the time that I think it’s important to get curious and maybe, like, ask questions, because there’s other things that could be going on. One person’s openness could lead to another type of thing maybe they haven’t experienced before. The opportunity to relate with someone that’s able to be that open.
[00:19:05.580] – Kirstin Michelle Cills Could you give us that backstory?
[00:19:08.250] – Amberella
We went on a couple of really awesome dates. I hadn’t heard from him in, like, I don’t know, a couple of days. I just took it as an opportunity to really think about what could open the moment. I’ve been working with a couple of teachers for the past few years about working with Relieving and Polarity. Something that I’ve learned from them is that there are three stages of relating, and one is thinking of just yourself. And typically, when you get ghosted, it’s like you feel attacked. You’re like, why is this happening to me? The second stage of relating is thinking of us when you’re thinking of both people, and that would lead to a healthy conversation. So, like, maybe reaching out to him and saying, hey, could we have a conversation? Could we drop in? Like I’m curious. What happened? And then the third stage of relating, it’s kind of considering a higher love when you’re not thinking of just yourself or just the two people. A collective higher love would be like, how can I bring love to this moment without any story attached? And what could be a gift to this moment and open the moment and the gift that can be found in that situation for the other person? It’s interesting because what I’ve learned over the past two years is something that I might consider a gift may not be a gift to that particular person. So with this man, I really thought about what would be a gift to him, like, what would open him, and I just kept getting the hit, like, something humorous bringing light to the situation. He texted me back immediately, and he was like, thank you so much for the levity that you’re bringing to the situation. And he was like, I owe you, like, an explanation. And that opened the moment in such a beautiful way, and I truly was trying to gift him in that moment and just open things. I wasn’t like, I’m going to write this because I want him to x, Y and Z. I just was like, how can I be brave and literally choose love over fear?
[00:21:20.960] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
I mean, it was clearly effective. I mean, it seems like he probably, among many things, not only appreciated the humor, but also the bravery to send that. Because we did have a whole big talk about Ghosting recently, and I haven’t really heard much about people who confront the fact that they’re being Ghosted. And so after this piece, sort of, like, gained momentum, did other people share that they had shared experiences?
[00:21:46.380] – Amberella
Yeah, totally. I mean, it’s just, like, such a huge part of our culture. What I really loved is when I shared this in a public space, I did so in collaboration with an artist named Lisa in the Moon, and her perspective on Ghosting was more about how we experienced that in the workforce and, like, as artists. And I loved that she brought that piece to this because I think that it happens everywhere. It’s not just in relating. When I shared this tai two that I had written for him in a public space, I asked him permission first because it really was a gift for him. And he was so excited. He’s like, I love that you’re going to share with the world your practice. I think it’s just such an interesting way to show people we can be different. We really can choose love in these really creative, different ways. And I also had another situation with a man where I got ghosted. We were, like, going on a trip to the Joshua Tree, and it was all planned and booked, and he ghosted me. And I made a diorama of the Joshua Tree and made this whole video. It didn’t go over well.
[00:23:00.420] – The Bul Bey
Wow. Okay, so same tactic and not at the same response.
[00:23:06.650] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
On your Instagram- you have a couple of posts of our pieces that you have been working on. One is “what can serve a higher love? What would I do if I was unafraid of losing love?” What do you mean by this? What’s the story behind these concepts?
[00:23:21.240] – Amberella
One of the teachers that I have gotten to work with for the past two years, his name is John Winemann, he has brought this whole concept that he’ll say, like, what would you do if you were unafraid of losing love? And I just feel like we’ve been programmed our entire lives to close and protect ourselves. And we’re in this fear because we’re told to act a certain way or an example would be with men, like, playing hard to get. Don’t text him back too soon, like, all these things. And I’m like, no, if I was unafraid of losing love in this moment right now, would I text him back? Being brave with my creativity surrounding being an artist of love, I love to make everything into art. And what a fun way to move through this world, especially in relating. It’s fun and interesting and weird and exciting. I wouldn’t want it any other way.
[00:24:17.910] – The Bul Bey
I love the work that you’re doing. I love seeing your art all around Philadelphia.
[00:24:22.610] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
Amberlynn, if you were right here in front of us, we would say all these things just the same. We really appreciate you coming on the So Curious podcast.
[00:24:30.250] – Amberella
So I’m headed to Philly next week and I’m starting an artist residency at my friend’s shop called True Hand Society. I’m creating a new body of work called Passing Notes, and they’re kind of going to look like when you think of ransom notes, but they’re going to be on the wall. And the whole idea is that the person walking by is passing these notes, but I’m actually passing notes to the universe, and they’re all going to share my healthy needs and desires surrounding a partnership. I’m really excited.
[00:25:04.700] – The Bul Bey
Thank you. I look forward to hopefully getting to see it around Philly.
[00:25:08.420] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
Yeah, we’ll be checking for you. Thank you so much.
[00:25:10.270] – The Bul Bey
Thank you. It’s been awesome to talk to you.
[00:25:13.140] – The Bul Bey
Wow, what a great way to wrap up the season. What has it meant for you to be able to host this season of So Curious.
[00:25:20.330] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
I mean a lot. But I think obviously in my career path as a comedian and as a podcaster and an actor. I feel like so much of what I do in my job. Whether I’m acting in something that’s about sex, love and relationships or joking about it or whatever it may be. Or talking about it. I have so many opinions but so little actual knowledge on the scientific standpoint. So genuinely, I feel like this is the closest time ever this podcast is like the closest I’m ever going to get to going back to school. I’m actually learning so much by having these conversations, and it’s been I mean, I hope it was beneficial for the listeners because it was super beneficial for me.
[00:26:03.750] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
Yeah, absolutely. Shout out to the Franklin Institute. Oh, yeah. And Bey, what was your favorite part of the season?
[00:26:11.290] – The Bul Bey
I think it was my joke about pretzels.
[00:26:13.910] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
That’s crazy, because that was my least favorite part.
[00:26:15.780] – The Bul Bey
I’m just kidding. No, I think for me it was really insightful to see some of the mechanisms and behaviors and functions and operations of science and seeing how we can learn from that as individuals, but certainly as community members. I really love the note about frogs and relating all of that to empathy and putting yourself in the position of the listener. That resonates with me as someone who makes music. Put yourself in the position of the listener. What are they feeling and what are they looking for and all these other different things. And empathy. Empathy, empathy.
[00:26:52.930] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
You and those frogs are one and the same, basically. That’s pretty cool. Damn, that was a great answer. Well, folks, thank you so much for joining us all summer long in exploring this very relevant and very. Universal topic. I really hope that you, as the listeners, have learned something as much as they and I have.
[00:27:13.790] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
We will see you next season for more discoveries in human science and technology from the Franklin Institute.
[00:27:21.510] – The Bul Bey
I’m Kirsten Michelle Cills go science and go birds.
[00:27:25.220] – Kirstin Michelle Cills
I am the Bul Bey. Thank you guys for listening this season. We appreciate you.
[00:27:29.860] – The Bul Bey We really do.
[00:27:30.760] – Kirstin Michelle Cills Okay.
[00:27:31.580] – Kirstin Michelle Cills Okay. I’m going to miss you.
[00:27:34.250] – The Bul Bey
It’s been great hosting the season with you. Thank you so much for joining the So Curious family.
[00:27:41.400] – The Bul Bey
Thank you for having me. This has been amazing and it’s been real.
[00:27:46.330] – Kirstin Michelle Cills Absolutely.
[00:27:49.190] – The Bul Bey
So Curious is presented by the Franklin institute. And special thanks to the Franklin institute producers Joy Montefusco and Dr. Jayatri Das. This podcast is produced by Radio Kismet. Radio Kismet is Philadelphia’s premier podcast production studio. The managing producer is Emily Charash. The producer is Liliana Green. The lead audio engineer and editor is Christian Cderland. The editors are Lauren DeLuca and Justin Berger. Head of operations is Christopher Plant. The science writer is Kira Veyette. And the graphic designer is Emma Seagar.
