Screen Deep

About Screen Deep

Screen Deep takes aim at decoding young brains and behavior in a digital world. Host Kris Perry dives deep with a leading expert in each episode to explore how children and adolescents are affected mentally, physically, and developmentally by digital media use, bringing research and evidence-based perspectives to the essential questions on how to help children thrive today.

Publisher

Children and Screens

Category

education · health & fitness · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Sept 2024

Latest episode

30 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

39 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Artificial Intimacy: What Happens When We Turn to AI for Connection? With Sherry Turkle, PhD

   Humans of all ages are increasingly relying on AI chatbots as intimate and always-supportive social companions. What are the costs of this reliance on “pretend empathy” when it comes to the development of social abilities and our expectations of human empathy and relationships? On this episode of Screen Deep, host Kris Perry explores these questions with Sherry Turkle, PhD, MIT Professor and author of the new book, Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines. Dr. Turkle discus...

2. 

   9 Sept 2026

   Why the Internet Should be Made Safer for Children - Not the Other Way Around with Baroness Beeban Kidron

   The early egalitarian promise of an open and free internet has morphed over the past three decades into an algorithm-driven experience that is designed to addict and extract data and money from adults and children alike. In this episode of Screen Deep, host Kris Perry is joined by renowned children’s digital rights advocate Baroness Beeban Kidron to learn how we got from “there” to “here” – and why making technology safer for children, rather than expecting children behave more safely o...

3. 

   19 Aug 2026

   The False Promise of Tech and AI in Schools with Jared Cooney Horvath, PhD, MEd

   Has the widespread use of "educational" technology and AI in schools led to declines in children’s learning outcomes and skill development, rather than promised improvements? In this episode of Screen Deep, host Kris Perry is joined by author, educator, and neuroscientist Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath to discuss this and his updated book The Digital Delusion. Dr. Horvath outlines how the implementation of digital technologies in education has benefited corporations, not students or teachers. He ex...

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

95,242

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

15 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 69 / 100

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

Quality

70

Social presence

0

YouTube

85

Engagement

85

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Books guests

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