Episode 469: Digital Madness

Newt's World

Gingrich 360

News, Politics

4.7 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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What impact have smart phones and social media had on our society? We are struggling with record rates of depression, loneliness, anxiety, overdoses and suicide. And while the COVID pandemic exacerbated the crisis, we were at record levels of psychiatric distress before the pandemic. Newt’s guest is Dr. Nicholas Kardaras. He is the best-selling author of Glow Kids, and he’s joining Newt to talk about his new book, “Digital Madness: How Social Media Is Driving Our Mental Health Crisis – and How to Restore Our Sanity.”

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0:30.5	On this episode of Newt's World, the advancements in technology in just the last 20 years are astonishing.
0:42.6	We went from football size mobile phones in the early 1990s to the Apple iPhone 14 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4,
0:52.2	both supercomputers in our pockets. But what impact have smart phones and social media had on society?
0:59.2	We're struggling with record rates of depression, loneliness, anxiety, overdoses and suicide.
1:06.7	And while the COVID pandemic exacerbated the crisis, we read record levels of psychiatric distress
1:13.2	before the pandemic. Our guest today is here to discuss the impact of our tech obsession and social media,
1:20.1	especially on teenagers and young adults. I'm really pleased to welcome Dr. Nicholas Kadaris.
1:27.9	He is the best-selling author of Glow Kids and he's here to talk about his new book,
1:33.4	Digital Madness, How Social Media is Driving our Mental Health Crisis and How to Restore Our Sanity.
1:40.4	I have to say, Nicholas, I can't imagine at a personal human level a more important topic and I'm so glad
1:57.2	to have you here on Newt's World. Thank you. It's a pleasure to be here.
2:01.3	Let me start and ask, how did you get interested in all of this? It's very important. I'm thrilled
2:07.1	you're doing it, but I'm curious what personally got you into it. I would say Newt was about 12 or
2:14.8	13 years ago. I was a professor at Stony Brook University at the Medical School and I was also
2:21.2	in private practice and I was working with a lot of adolescents doing work with teenagers,
2:25.6	various school districts. And I was one of the first people in my profession in the clinical world
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