Note to Self

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Is your phone watching you? Can texting make you smarter? Are your kids real? Note to Self explores these and other essential quandaries facing anyone trying to preserve their humanity in the digital age. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts, including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Snap Judgment, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, Nancy and many others.© WNYC Studios

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Episodes (666)

Shaking Up Your Echo Chamber. For Democracy.

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Nov 29, 201610:53pending

Your Facebook Friend Said Something Racist: Thanksgiving Edition

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Nov 23, 201618:52pending

Drop Your Phone, Make Your Bed, Says Gretchen Rubin

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Nov 16, 201621:17pending

A Post-Election Note to You

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Nov 9, 20165:43pending

Do You Really Want to Live Forever?

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Nov 8, 201623:37pending

Mindfulness on Demand

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Nov 2, 201624:18pending

Come and Sit with Marina Abramović

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Oct 26, 201621:31pending

Bonus: Marina Abramović’s Method Blew Our Minds

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Oct 25, 201621:32pending

If My Body is a Text

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Oct 19, 201627:01pending

When Silicon Valley Takes on Elementary School

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Oct 12, 201627:56pending

Facing Our Weirdest Selves

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Oct 5, 201625:54pending

Digging Into Facebook's File on You

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Sep 28, 201618:33pending

Bonus: Chelsea Clinton Talks Global Equality and Breastfeeding

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Sep 26, 201610:12pending

The Secret to Making Video Games Good for You

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Sep 21, 201624:47pending

There Is No 'Off the Record'

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Sep 14, 201625:26pending

Sext Education: Teens, Photos, and the Law

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Sep 7, 201625:17pending

Blind Kids, Touchscreen Phones, and the End of Braille?

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Aug 31, 201619:46pending

The Thing About Texts From Your Ex

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Aug 24, 201620:30pending

Should We Post Pictures of Our Children Online?

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Aug 17, 201623:47pending

The One Thing You Can Actually Do to Fight Surveillance

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Aug 10, 201619:21pending

Is My Phone Listening in On Me?

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Aug 3, 201627:13pending

Taking the Lead Bonus: Andrew Moravcsik

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Jul 27, 201635:00pending

Taking the Lead Episode 4: The Partnership

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Jul 26, 201634:22pending

Taking the Lead Episode 3: The Pressure

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Jul 20, 201632:05pending

Taking the Lead Episode 2: The Paradox

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Jul 13, 201628:37pending

Taking the Lead Episode 1: The Pain Point

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Jul 6, 201626:31pending

Introducing: Taking the Lead

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Jun 30, 20163:12pending

Bored and Brilliant: BOOT CAMP 2016

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Jun 29, 201616:25pending

A Beginner's Guide to International Tech Etiquette

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Jun 22, 201624:46pending

What Happens When We Skimm the News

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Jun 15, 201626:28pending

Infomagical: BOOTCAMP

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Jun 8, 201618:12pending

When To Stop Looking for a Better Date or Restaurant

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Jun 1, 201620:09pending

6 Algorithms That Can Improve Your Life

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May 25, 201620:42pending

Sexiness, Social Media and Teenage Girls

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May 18, 201622:19pending

The Realities of Virtual Reality

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May 11, 201619:14pending

What Happens to the Videos No One Watches

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May 4, 201622:17pending

Eye in the Sky

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Apr 27, 201635:57pending

The Puppet Masters Behind Online Shopping

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Apr 20, 201623:02pending

Two Dope Queens on Feminism

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Apr 13, 201612:27pending

Creating a Super-Human You with Dave Asprey

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Apr 6, 201614:33pending

Forget Edibles: Getting High on Wearables

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Mar 30, 201620:05pending

Apple's Security Debate is Everyone's Problem (Including Yours)

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Mar 23, 201613:12pending

Your Quantified Body, Your Quantified Self

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Mar 16, 201627:19pending

Why You Feel More Productive But the Economy Isn’t

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Mar 9, 201617:35pending

Wait, You're Into [Insert Kink] Too?!

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Mar 2, 201622:27pending

Why You Should Put a Post-It Over Your Laptop Camera

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Feb 24, 201616:30pending

Have You Tried to Hack Your Health? Tell Us What Happened.

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Feb 17, 201610:14pending

What We Learned When 25,000 People Tried to Fight Information Overload

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Feb 10, 201628:35pending

Infomagical Challenge 5: Magical Life

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Feb 5, 201614:16pending

Infomagical Challenge 4: Magical Connection

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Feb 4, 20167:18pending

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