About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of phone addiction and mental health, featuring a teen's perspective and a pop culture quiz.

A teen asks the question we’re all struggling with: how do you protect your mental health when your phone, social media, and the news cycle never stop? We talk doomscrolling, screen time and the pressure to always be “plugged in.” And, what’s the best excuse to get out of a social obligation? We debate the most believable exits to cancel plans and the guilt of saying no. Plus, can Kathryn survive a pop culture quiz? Does she know who Taylor Swift is dating? Have a question, story, weird thought to share with Mandy and Kathryn? Drop us a voice memo here: https://www.speakpipe.com/AskMandyandKathryn or send an email to askmandyandkathryn@gmail.com. 👉 Subscribe so you don’t miss a new episode every week! 🎧 Listen to the podcast on all platforms: https://lemonada.lnk.to/DontListenToUsYT 📱Follow us: @mandypatinkin @lemonadamedia #MandyPatinkin #KathrynGrody #Podcast #DontListenToUs #PhoneAddiction #Doomscrolling #DigitalDetox #ScreenTime #GenZ #GenZCulture #InternetCulture #MentalHealth Head over to Booking.com and start your listing today. Chapters: 00:00 - Gideon Grody-Patinkin finally comes out from behind the camera! 00:28 - Kathryn Grody takes a pop culture quiz. Who’s Taylor…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mandy Patinkin, Kathryn Grody

Topics covered

• phone addiction
• mental health
• doomscrolling
• social media
• pop culture
• screen time
• Gen Z

Keywords

• phone addiction
• mental health
• doomscrolling
• screen time
• Gen Z
• social media
• pop culture
• digital detox

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lemonada Media

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