Entertainment during the pandemic doesn’t have to mean staring at a screen. Dip into our back catalogue of chats from our digital detox podcast to find out how people from all walks of life get a good screen:life balance;
Professor and author Cal Newport talks about his philosophy of ‘digital minimalism’ and why he has never had a social media account.
Founder of international lifestyle business kikki.k, Kristina Karlsson talks on the digital detox podcast about how to juggle life as an entrepreneur whilst still getting a good work:life and tech:life balance.
New York Times best-selling author and TED speaker Johann Hari talks about addiction, depression, anxiety and community and how we’re all looking for connection in the wrong places.
Journalist and TV presenter Tim Lovejoy chats about his phone addiction and having a thin skin in a world of 24:7 celebrity culture, including what he said to Will.i.am when he started browsing his phone live on air.
Celebrity photographer Dan Kennedy discusses maintaining focus in a permanently distracted world and how he has designed his working life to minimise distraction and maximise productivity.
Behavioural Change Specialist Shahroo Izardi talks on our digital detox podcast about the secret behind developing, and sustaining, healthy habits and how to apply that to our phone habits.
Professor Vybarr Cregan-Reid talks about what our smartphone and tech habits are doing to our bodies, from text neck to eyesight and sleep issues.
Social sex entrepreneur Cindy Gallop talks about why she believes online porn has become sex eduction by default, and why she’s pro-sex, pro-porn, pro-knowing the difference.
The former Deputy Leader of the UK Labour Party, Tom Watson, chats in a special lockdown episode about what this unprecedented period of intimate isolation may mean for our relationship with tech, and about the levels of abuse politicians routinely have to put up with online.
‘Craftivist’ and Founder of Badass CrossStitch Shannon Downey talks about using social media for good to connect communities across a physical divide and how keeping our hands busy stops them grabbing for our phones!
Influencer power couple Vex King and Kaushal Beauty talk about they get screen:life balance with their huge online followings of over 3 million between them, and how they’re using their platforms to give back.
We’d love to get feedback from you on what sort of guests and topics you’d like to see on Season Four of the podcast. Drop us a line with any thoughts, or any feedback on the first three seasons. Let us know who was your favourite episode so far, and why! Stay safe everyone and keep using your screen time wisely.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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