Episode 335: Maja Aro and Dani Johnson

Maja Aro and Dani Johnson are two of the talented dynamos behind Abby and the Muffins. The series – which dropped on YouTube in late 2024 and quickly amassed more than 100,000 subscribers – stars the wildly talented Dani as Abby, a singing, stunting, and dancing tour-guide who leads pre-schoolers through an imaginative world of fun, play, movement, learning, and exploring. In this fascinating conversation with Sabrina Rani Furminger, Maja and Dani talk about the joys and challenges of putting together an original series combining live action, animation, and original music, working with kids, the benefits of trying scary things and creating the content you want to see in the world, and why growing up shouldn’t mean giving up playtime. Episode sponsor: UBCP/ACTRA