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Facing our smartphone addiction

Facing our smartphone addiction

FromThis Matters


Facing our smartphone addiction

FromThis Matters

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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Feb 21, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Guest: Richard Warnica, Toronto Star feature writer Richard Warnica sees it everywhere – business meetings, the subway, even at his own dinner table – the blank-eyed stare of someone mindlessly scrolling their smartphone. These devices, despite their increasingly documented negative effects on our mental health, have us firmly in their grips, and their utility and ubiquity makes it hard to envision how we’ll ever kick the habit. But once upon a time, most of us smoked, too, and virtually everywhere (on planes, trains, at work, in restaurants…). Will we one day look back on this the same way? PLUS: How Warnica deals with it at home by thinking inside the (locked) box. This episode was produced by Paulo Marques, Julia De Laurentiis Johnston and Edward Keenan.
Released:
Feb 21, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The world is changing every day. Now, more than ever, these questions matter. What’s happening? And why should you care? This Matters, a daily news podcast from the Toronto Star, aims to answer those questions, on important stories and ideas, every day, Monday to Friday. Hosts Saba Eitizaz and Raju Mudhar talk to experts and newsmakers about the social, cultural, political and economic stories that shape your life.