The Anxious Generation with Jonathan Haidt

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🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Is social media rewiring childhood and fueling a mental health crisis? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly explore the costs of growing up online and how to take back childhood with social psychologist Jonathan Haidt.

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0:00.0	I happen to like social media, but it's not for everyone,
0:03.0	and it's not even for some people who think they should like it.
0:07.0	I know, but we've got Jonathan Hyatt, and as much as he doesn't like social media,
0:11.0	he has some solutions.
0:13.0	He's got plans.
0:14.0	Yeah.
0:15.0	All I know is I found out I'm a bad father.
0:17.0	Find out how and why.
0:19.0	Coming right up on StarTalk Special Edition.
0:24.1	Welcome to StarTalk. Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:32.7	StarTalk begins right now. This is StarTalk, special edition.
0:40.3	Neil deGrasse Tyson here.
0:41.5	You're a personal astrophysicist.
0:43.7	And if it's special edition, it means we have Gary O'Reilly.
0:47.0	Gary.
0:47.4	Neil.
0:48.0	All right, dude.
0:48.8	Yeah.
0:49.2	Former soccer pro.
0:50.5	Soccer.
0:51.6	Yes.
0:52.1	And Chuck Nice.
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