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Before Breakfast

Watch TV wisely

Before Breakfast

iHeartPodcasts

Education, Self-improvement

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

How to enjoy TV without it taking over your life.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi I'm Daniel Tosh, host of a new podcast called Tosh Show.

0:03.4

I'll be interviewing people that I find interesting, so not celebrities, and certainly not

0:07.8

comedians. We'll be covering topics like religion, travel, sports, gambling, but mostly it will be about being a working

0:16.3

mother.

0:17.3

If you're looking for a podcast that will educate and inspire or one that will really make

0:21.3

you think, this isn't the one for you.

0:24.0

Listen to Toss Show on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

0:30.0

Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

0:37.0

Good morning. This is Laura.

0:41.0

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast. Today's tip is about how to watch TV wisely.

0:48.0

Even with the rise of the internet and social media, people still watch a lot of TV.

0:55.2

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics

0:57.3

American Time Use Survey,

0:59.2

the average American logs 2.77 hours of TV per day as a primary activity.

1:05.0

That's just under 20 hours a week,

1:08.0

or the equivalent of a part-time job.

1:10.0

To be sure, this figure includes teenagers and retirees, but even the people we might think of as busiest,

1:17.0

people who have jobs and kids at home, manage to average almost two hours per day.

1:23.0

I always think of these numbers

1:25.0

when I hear people talk about the crazy busyness of modern society.

1:29.0

It seems at least some of us have time to kick up our feet.

1:33.0

And honestly, that's fine.

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