How to Touch Grass

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

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The Power of Pre-Internet Nostalgia

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 technology. According to a 2023 survey, 67 percent of Americans wish they could go back to a time “before everyone was ‘plugged in.’” The psychologist behind that survey, Clay Routledge, has found that this sort of nostalgia is more than just a yearning to go backwards. “We can often feel overwhelmed in the moment and in the challenges we face today. It's hard to see past them. Nostalgia can help us step outside of that moment,” Routledge explains. Nostalgia can actually teach us how we want to live now, and in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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How AI Could Make People More Anxious

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 about your most pervasive and seemingly unshakeable anxiety. (At this point, anyone who’s never spent a late night Googling their worries should be studied by science for their willpower.) But with the rise of artificial intelligence, the internet may be fueling a different kind of engagement. Elias Aboujaoude, a psychiatrist at Stanford University, and Ashleigh Golden, a psychologist at Stanford, recently wrote a paper arguing that the design of AI chatbots appears to encourage anxious behavior and keep people stuck in obsessive loops. One in six adults have turned to chatbots for mental-health information and advice, according to a KFF poll, and Golden cautions that “we may be encountering the perfect storm of avoidant coping behaviors and this tech that reinforces those tendencies and disorders.” In this episode of How to Touch Grass, hosts Julie Beck and Natalie Brennan hear from Golden and Aboujaoude about how people who use AI looking for reassurance may instead find their symptoms getting worse, and what that means for an anxious nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Introducing How To Touch Grass

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 relationship people have with technology. They’ll explore how people can be more intentional with their devices, rebuild their attention span, and find a way to thrive in this fast-paced, image-driven culture. Episodes will feature personal experimentation and conversations with experts in anxiety, education, and new technology. The first episode of How to Touch Grass publishes Monday, July 27, and new episodes are released every Monday for five weeks. Subscribe now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Host check?

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nhastingsk

Great topics but demeaning to older women since the hosts emanate baby voices, “valley girl” kind of talk which is not credible to grown women of any age, let alone men. Presentation matters. It makes this topic sound like fluff.
Weird absence of older voices

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Outofthebarn

I’m not sure who gave the production green light to this host line-up on this topic, but it’s insulting. I guess the useful thing is that it sent me looking for other podcasts on this topic with hosts with more personal experience and relevant perspective!
Age 60-70?

25/09/2025

Debrafis

It was a good episode for every woman except women from 60 to 70 years old. Why do providers never address this age group , do we get on hormones or not when we were denied it 20 years ago
Disappointed

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Katharine_31

Would be great to have a show about older people actually be hosted by older people. Hope is this different from any other group noting that representation matters?