Inside the Surgeon General’s Dire Social Media Warning

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

A recent advisory from US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says there’s not enough evidence to determine whether social media is safe enough for children and adolescents when it comes to their mental health. In this special episode of Chasing Life, Dr. Sanjay Gupta goes one-on-one with Dr. Murthy to examine what led him to sound the alarm, and who should be responsible for tackling the issue. Plus, Sanjay will reflect on conversations he’s had with his own family about the topic and ask Dr. Murthy how his family handles screen time and social media. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:15.9	Hey there, it's Sanjay.
0:18.1	Hard to believe, but next week we kick off season 7 of Chasing Life.
0:23.6	Ever since I turned 50, I've been thinking a lot about the passage of time.
0:28.2	It's hard not to, especially since I've now spent more than two decades at CNN with
0:32.2	a front row seat to medical and health history.
0:35.9	I have three teenage daughters.
0:38.2	My parents are now in their late 70s, early 80s.
0:41.4	A lot has happened.
0:43.1	So in the next season of the podcast, we're going to dive into the intersection of age
0:46.9	and science and how in a lot of ways, age is a state of mind as much as it is the number
0:52.8	of candles on a cake.
0:54.9	No matter your age, I think you're going to want to listen because you're going to find
0:58.2	this season as interesting as I do.
1:01.2	But before we get there, I wanted to briefly follow up on some of the reporting we did for
1:05.3	the last season of the podcast.
1:09.3	You probably remember that we explored the issue of screen time and social media and how
1:14.7	they are affecting all of us.
1:16.8	And ever since then, I've been hearing from so many of you that have been thinking about
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