
How to Keep Time
Hosted by Natalie Brennan and Julie Beck and Yasmin Tayag · The Atlantic
4.5from 4,531 ratings
- 85
- Episodes
- 28
- Transcribed
- 4,531
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 126K
- YouTube views
About How to Keep Time
It may be time to rethink our relationships with our devices.
- Publisher
- The Atlantic
- Category
- education · science · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 Sept 2021
- Latest episode
- 24 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
28 of 85 episodes have a transcript.

24 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
What It Takes to Reclaim Your Attention Span

17 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Learn Something That a Machine Can Do for You?

10 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Internet Is More Image-Focused Than Ever
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What It Takes to Reclaim Your Attention Span
Published 24 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I think we as humans, you know, we want to be socially recognized, right? Like we want to feel seen. We want to feel heard. We want to feel welcomed. You know, it's like cheers or whatever. Like you want to walk into a room and have people be, you know, like, hey, it's you. I know you. Like, I'm happy to see you, right? Like this is just kind of like a really basic thing that we want. And I kind of think that social media, especially early on, like it's sort of, the evil genius of it was that it was hijacking that. And so I feel like these are in-person events. I feel incredibly recognized and acknowledged. […]
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- Jenny Odell
- Michelle Miller
- Sophie Gilbert
- Elias Aboujaoude
- Ashleigh Golden
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 125,543
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.1 / 5
- 1,468 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 3,063 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 73 / 100
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- Quality
- 73
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 82
- Engagement
- 100
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Who hosts How to Keep Time?
Natalie Brennan and Julie Beck and Yasmin Tayag host the show. Published by The Atlantic.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does How to Keep Time take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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