How to Touch Grass

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It may be time to rethink our relationships with our devices.

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What It Takes to Reclaim Your Attention Span

2026-08-24 · 40 min · Season 9, episode 5

Of all the potential effects of using smartphones, the one that seems to inspire the most anxiety is what scrolling could be doing to people’s attention. On social media (ironically), many people express a desire to…
Why Learn Something That a Machine Can Do for You?

2026-08-17 · 33 min · Season 9, episode 4

Children still learn long division even though calculators exist, and many people continue to study languages even as AI translation becomes faster and more accurate. Is there a deeper purpose for learning that…
The Internet Is More Image-Focused Than Ever

2026-08-10 · 37 min · Season 9, episode 3

It wasn’t that long ago that “body positivity” was all over the internet. Oppressive beauty standards hadn’t gone away by any stretch, but many people on social media were pushing against limits on what an “ideal” body…
How AI Could Make People More Anxious

2026-08-03 · 28 min · Season 9, episode 2

Nothing sucks you in quite like the internet. It seems to have a way of figuring out what you’re currently obsessed with and serving you more and more of it, whether that’s cat videos, cookie recipes, or information…
The Power of Pre-Internet Nostalgia

2026-07-27 · 37 min · Season 9, episode 1

Back in the ’90s, before everyone had smartphones, were things just … better? Tech-focused nostalgia has become a potent cultural force in recent years, driving sales of “dumbphones,” iPods, CDs, and other retro…
Introducing How To Touch Grass

2026-07-06 · 2 min

A common piece of advice for those who are chronically online is to “go touch grass.” This upcoming season of How To, co-hosts Natalie Brennan and Julie Beck will look more closely at the often-fraught, always-changing…
How to Age Up on a Warming Planet

2025-05-12 · 41 min · Season 8, episode 6

How should we think about aging when the impacts of climate change can make the future feel so uncertain? That’s a question Sarah Ray, professor and chair of environmental studies at Cal Poly Humboldt, has been helping…
How to Define Old Age

2025-05-05 · 31 min · Season 8, episode 5

In 2021 Dr. Kiran Rabheru, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Ottawa and a geriatric psychiatrist, found himself at the center of a medical debate. The World Health Organization wanted to officially…
How to Age Up Together

2025-04-28 · 37 min · Season 8, episode 4

In the next 10 years, our society will become more old than young. How do we leverage this time to build stronger intergenerational connections? Eunice Nichols, the co-CEO of CoGenerate, has spent more than two decades…
How to Fuel Up

2025-04-21 · 37 min · Season 8, episode 3

Food trends are constantly changing, so can people commit to a long-term nutrition practice? Kera Nyemb-Diop says yes. She is a nutrition scientist focused on breaking down the “rules” of what people think they should…

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Owner: The Atlantic Monthly Group, LLC
Oldest episode in feed: 09/2021 · over 5 years
Typical length: 31 min
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