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Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

23,000 People Tried Moving Every 30 Minutes. Here's What Happened.

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

LinkedIn

Careers, Business

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

We talk a lot about what technology is doing to our minds. But what about everything below the neck? This week, Jessi is joined by Manoush Zomorodi, host of NPR's TED Radio Hour and author of Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age, and New Science to Reclaim Your Wellbeing. Unfortunately, a killer workout or a standing desk won’t save us from the long-term health consequences of a sedentary lifestyle. But five minutes of gentle movement every half hour could. In fact, Manoush helped run a clinical trial with 23,000 people to prove it. Jessi and Manoush discuss: Why sitting all day drains your energy even when you haven't done anything The Columbia study that got 23,000 people moving, and what it proved Why standing desks aren't actually the fix we thought they were The "garden hose" model of what happens to your arteries when you sit or stand too long How people can restructure their workdays (and their calendars) to make movement stick What "information athletes" can learn from dancers, musicians, and pilots The shift from screen-shaming to something kinder and more practical This one might make you want to stand up and take a lap while listening. That's kind of the point. Follow Manoush Zomorodi and Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn.

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0:00.0

We could get up now if you want to.

0:01.4

I actually would rather ask you if I am meant to read your book

0:06.2

as a gentle invitation to just stand up every 25 minutes or so.

0:09.8

And move, though.

0:10.8

You can shuffle side to side.

0:12.7

You can march in place.

0:14.2

You could vacuum.

0:15.5

You could take the dog out.

0:17.2

You could walk around this table while you're on a call.

0:22.9

From LinkedIn News, I'm Jesse Hempel, and this is Hello Monday.

0:27.5

We've talked a lot on this show about what technology is doing to our minds.

0:33.3

That always on nature of our phones, of social media. But that conversation, it usually stops at the neck.

0:40.7

So what about our physical health?

0:42.6

Our bodies.

0:44.7

Today, Manus Samaroti joins me to talk about her new book.

0:48.4

It's called Body Electric, the hidden health costs of the digital age, and new science

0:53.0

to reclaim your well-being.

0:54.6

Now, you may know, Manusch, because she's a radio host.

0:57.5

I have been listening to her since long before I knew her when I would brush my teeth

1:02.5

while she was on every morning here in New York City.

1:05.5

She is currently the host of NPR's TED Radio Hour.

1:09.8

And for years now, Manusch has been exploring how constant

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