It's the simple show. You've got episode 111.

Hi, I'm Tishawkson writer. And I'm Erin Lachner. And on this show, we break down big ideas.

In this episode, we are continuing our series on staying informed without losing your mind.

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Okay. So, Erin, let's continue this chat.

We have already talked about what it means to stay informed and what news is. I think that's what we really hit on with the last episode, what it means to keep up with the news and to still be a

healthy, sane person. So

let's get into a little bit of the why, maybe. Why do we stay informed? What are the right

reasons? When is it more damaging than helpful? So what are your initial thoughts there?

Okay, well, I just, I kept going back to this

TED talk that I watched. It's called Information is Food. Have you seen it? No, but I'm going to now.

Oh my gosh. We'll have to link to in the show notes. It is so good. It's, um, it just looks at

information as food, you know, I think literally and metaphorically and how we're consuming it,

why we're consuming it at what pace we're consuming it, why we're consuming it, at what pace we're

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