Replace or Repair? What to Do With Your Broken Tech

About this episode

This episode discusses the challenges of repairing tech gadgets and features insights from Nathan Proctor on the Right to Repair campaign.

It's not just you: tech gadgets are hard to repair. When a device breaks down, replacing it can feel easiest — even if it's costly and feels wasteful. Nathan Proctor, Senior Director of PIRG's Right to Repair campaign, says there's a better way. Terms of Service is a CNN Podcasts and Goat Rodeo production. This episode was produced by Hazel Hoffman. At Goat Rodeo, the lead producer is Rebecca Seidel, and the executive producers are Megan Nadolski and Ian Enright. At CNN, Dan Bloom is our Senior Producer and Dan Dzula is our Technical Director. Production support from Sofía Sanchez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Clare Duffy

Guest: Nathan Proctor

Topics covered

• repair
• technology
• sustainability
• consumer rights
• gadgets

Keywords

• repair
• tech gadgets
• Right to Repair
• Nathan Proctor
• sustainability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PIRG, CNN Podcasts, Goat Rodeo

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