What Screen Time Is Really Doing to Your Body with Manoush Zomorodi

May 4, 2026 · 46 min · YouTube

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0:06Pushkin.
0:13If you follow the research on the science of happiness, you've probably heard a lot about the connection between screen time and well-being.
0:20It's a problem that I think about a lot, and a topic that we talk about on the show a lot.
0:25But lately, I've found myself wondering, what if we're missing the bigger picture?
0:30We hear, you know, the mental health epidemic, growing rates of depression and anxiety has to do with the content that we get, right?
0:38This is journalist Manush Zamarodi.
0:40Some of you may also know Manoush as the host of NPR's TED Radio Hour.
0:45This idea that we are taking in outrage, headlines, violence, also comparing ourselves to other people, that it is purely sort of a psychological thing, that it's something going on in our heads.
0:59Manouche says that given all the focus on how technology affects our minds, it's easy to overlook another important part of the story.
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