Skip to content
TrackPodcasts
healthJun 26, 2026pending

Screens are virtually inescapable. What are they doing to our health?

About this episode

They're in our pockets, workplaces, homes and schools — screens are everywhere. Americans are spending more than seven hours a day looking at screens. What is this doing to our well being? And does all this screen time affect different generations differently? Horizons moderator William Brangham explores what we know and don't know with researchers Kostadin Kushlev and Courtney K. Blackwell. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Get every episode summarized

Each time Horizons from PBS News publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.

Email me new episodes

Free for 3 shows. No card needed.

Hosts & guests

No transcript yet

This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.

Screens are virtually inescapable. What are they doing to our health?

Horizons from PBS News

0:00
0:00

More episodes

More from Horizons from PBS News

View all episodes →