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Podcast: Thinking Out Loud
Episode: Pledging to Cut Social Media and Smartphones
Description: Known as the Postman Pledge, a group of some 37 families have chosen to disavow all social media usage and smartphones in their homes. Predictably, not every member of the household is happy with this arrangement, but it does represent an interesting challenge to our tech-saturated moment. In this episode, we explore Postman Pledge, as well as our dependence on technology.Â