I spent a day unplugged from my devices, painting a picture of how pervasive technology is in the day-to-day lives of college students. I weaved short voice memo check-ins I recorded throughout my digital detox between interview clips from conversations I had with digital behavior researchers, all to create a narrative-style podcast episode. Above all, my goal is to show other college students that while technology is great for so many things, unplugging can be just as beneficial.

This originally aired on Northwestern University's student radio station, WNUR, but I tweaked it specifically for the NPR Student Podcast Challenge.

There is no music in the podcast, but I personally recorded all of the sounds you hear throughout.

The day I ditched my devices

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The day I ditched my devices

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