The Sunday Story: Body Electric

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🗓️ 22 October 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

For years, medical experts have raised the alarm about the effects of sedentary behavior on the human body. Sitting too much has been linked with numerous health concerns including heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and early death. Days filled with sitting and screen time leave us feeling depleted. So what can we do about it? In a new series called Body Electric, TED Radio Hour host Manoush Zomorodi investigates: how we can change the relationship between our technology and our bodies?

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0:00.0	I'm Aisha Roscoe and this is the Sunday Story. Just before we get into things, I have a
0:04.9	favor to ask you. Every week, I feel so honored to bring you some of the best reporting from
0:10.8	NPR and member stations around the country. Thank you for listening and being a part of this.
0:17.6	Now we're doing a short and anonymous survey so you can share with us what you think,
0:22.9	what you've liked and what you think we could improve on. That survey is at npr.org slash fall
0:29.6	survey. We would love to hear from you. Now on with the show. So I work from home most days and
0:38.2	you know at this entire desk I work at it's just it's a hot mess. I just couldn't find my phone.
0:45.2	I sit at a chair that has clothes on it so I can't even sit back in the chair because it's also
0:51.5	a hanger. I sit and look at the screen all day and every day I want to take at least three
0:58.2	maps because I'm tired. I think trying to go out should I get some fun and I feel like I have a
1:04.8	hard time focusing so I'm saying all of this to say I really need some sleep. Did I already say that?
1:12.0	I need some sleep. But our colleagues at Ted Radio Hour have been digging into this question
1:20.0	about the relationship between technology and our bodies and how does it affect us in ways
1:28.1	we don't even realize you know maybe it's the screens that are making me sleepy and how can we
1:35.2	better understand and remake our relationship to tech in order to improve our lives. They have a new
1:43.3	six part series called Body Electric and on today's episode of The Sunday Story we're joined by
1:50.2	Manouche Samarote the host of Ted Radio Hour. Manouche welcome to the podcast. Oh Aisha thank
1:57.7	you so much for having me. Do you hear a lot of people ranting the way I just did? You have no
2:04.9	idea. Everyone I talk to friends, family, listeners, we all contort our lives and our bodies
2:14.1	around our screens. They are the center of our universe and what you describe is exactly why
2:21.4	I wanted to do this series because we all feel awful at the end of a long day sitting attached
2:27.3	to our devices. But why? What exactly is happening to us physically when we use our technology?
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