Note to Self

About Note to Self

Is your phone watching you? Can texting make you smarter? Are your kids real? Note to Self explores these and other essential quandaries facing anyone trying to preserve their humanity in the digital age. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts, including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Snap Judgment, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin, Nancy and many others. © WNYC Studios

Publisher

WNYC Studios

Category

education · society & culture · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Jul 2013

Latest episode

14 Oct 2019

Latest episodes

2 of 298 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   14 Oct 2019

   How to Create Good Digital Citizens

   Right from wrong. We teach our kids what this means in the classroom and at home. But whatabout online? The next generation of tech users could be a part of much more civilized digitaluniverse, but only if they learn how now. Manoush talks to Richard Culatta (CEO of theInternational Society for Technology in Education) about the five steps to creating good digitalcitizens, and how to turn the current online “culture shift” into something positive, respectful, andmore accessible to all. Sign up for Manoush’s newsletter StableG.com/newsletter (http://www.wnycstudios.org/StableG.com/newsletter) and find her other podcasts atZigZagPod.com (http://www.wnycstudios.org/ZigZagPod.com) and IRLPodcast.com (http://www.wnycstudios.org/IRLPodcast.com)

2. 

   7 Oct 2019

   Why Everyone is Talking About Digital Minimalism

   Computer scientist and cult-blogger, Cal Newport, wants you to take 30 dates off from all your personal tech. A month off, he claims, is the only way to truly adopt Digital Minimalism, his method for finding tech-life balance and the name of his latest book. Manoush loves a digital detox as much as the next overloaded person, but she explains to Cal why she has issues with his particular prescriptions. Manoush writes a newsletter that comes out every other Thursday. Sign up at StableG.com/newsletter (https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/y5CkCgJGwxHqpPrTNie3K?domain=stableg.com) and find her other podcasts at ZigZagPod.com (http://ZigZagPod.com) and IRLPodcast.com (http://IRLPodcast.com)

3. 

   30 Sept 2019

   How The Best Teacher Teaches Creativity

   In 2018, Andria Zafirakou was named Global Teacher of the Year and given $1m in prize money. Why?

Inside a recent episode

I Didn’t See Your Text

Published 4 Oct 2017 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I didn't email him. I didn't text him. I called him. And we spoke for 10 minutes. And it was not unnoticed that it was a call, that I took the time that I asked, that I didn't just say on Facebook, thinking of you, heard about your wife, you know, wishing you the best. I worry about being intrusive. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

2,533 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 6 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

1

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

27

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