Episode 91:Β Nearly everyone, it seems, has a smartphone with them at all times.Β
Itβs hard to overstate how truly incredible it is that we can carry around nearly all of the worldβs knowledge in our pockets, but we shouldnβt be surprised that such devices can lead to distraction and sometimes addiction.
Hosts Richard Kyte and Scott Rada discuss whether our lives are actually better today because of the invention and pervasiveness of smartphones?
Links to stories discussed during the podcast:
Surgeon general warns against social media use for children, calls for 'immediate action to protect kids now', by Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press
Garth Brooks has a no-phone policy at his new Vegas show, by Scripps News
Young Dillon Reeves stepped in to save the day when his school bus driver became incapacitated following a medical emergency, Steve Hartman, CBS News
About the hosts:Β Scott RadaΒ is social media manager with Lee Enterprises, and Richard Kyte is the director of theΒ D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in LeadershipΒ at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wis.
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