Before ‘Recess Therapy,’ there was a half-hour sitcom that Julian Shapiro-Barnum spent months editing. While playing TIME’s game of telephone at the TIME100 Creators Party with Micky Gordon, Shapiro-Barnum opened up about his college passion project—his longest experiment in video editing. While still in college, he also created his hit online series almost by accident, featuring New York City kids sharing their takes on everything from burnout to Komodo dragons. Read how here:

As younger generations enter the workforce, recent sitcoms are capturing their struggles with rising living costs, layoffs and the looming uncertainty of AI. 🔗