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Intelligence Squared · 2025-05-20 · 31 min · 4,483 words

Is Your Phone Controlling Your Life? With Kaitlyn Regehr (Part One)

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Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm head of programming Connor Boyle. Today's episode features world-renowned expert on the social and cultural impacts of social media, Caitlin Raguer. Reguer was joined in conversation by podcaster, research director and author Carl Miller to discuss the themes of her new book, Smartphone Nation, Why We're All Addicted to Screens and What You Can Do About It. Now let's join Carl Miller with part one of the conversation.

All right, well good evening everyone. How are you all doing? Good. Well, very warm welcome this evening to this Intelligence Squared event. So I'm Carl Miller and I am delighted to welcome here this evening

Caitlin Regarre. She is an associate professor of digital humanities at UCL and also the author of a book that's coming out. When is it, Caitlyn? On Thursday? Smartphone Nation, why we're all addicted to screens and what you can do about it.

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