In each episode of the Screen Sanity Podcast, our guests will help us dive deep into some of the raw, honest tensions families are facing, and walk through some of the conversations you’ll want to have to prepare your kids for the road ahead. We hope you’ll join us on our journey—because in an increasingly digital world, we all deserve a little Screen Sanity.
Host Krista Boan, Co-Founder of START, is a former middle school teacher, mother of four screen-hungry kiddos, and champion of good-enough parenting.
Wildlings & Screen Sanity AU | The antidote we already have: Nature
In this episode of the Screen Sanity Podcast, we sit down with Nikki Farrell, co founder of Wildlings Forest School, to talk about something beautifully simple and deeply powerful:
Nature.
Wildlings has been running for nine years here in Australia, creating space for children to play freely outdoors. What began as an accidental discovery at a playgroup has grown into a movement helping families rediscover something we all intuitively know but often forget.
21 Oct 2024
Michelle Mitchell
On the first Aussie episode of our podcast, Co-Founder of Screen Sanity Australia and host, Mackenzie Forrester sits down with the award-winning speaker, and bestselling parenting author, Michelle Mitchell. In this episode, they discuss how they hope to encourage families to reexamine the ways kids and parents interact with technology. They also talk about real-life examples of the challenges parents face when introducing technology and apps, and in particular, how to talk to your kids when they’ve overstepped a boundary or had a bad experience online.
The Screen Sanity Podcast is Produced by Hayley McKew.
4 Apr 2023
Cara Bohon
On this episode of Screen Sanity, we begin with Krista Boan sharing a little about our organization’s name change — from START to Screen Sanity.
Then, she’s joined by Cara Bohan. Cara is the Vice President of Clinical Programs at Equip, a treatment center for families facing eating disorders. They talk about the pressure the digital world applies on our kids related to body image. They talk about unrealistic expectations, important conversations parents can initiate, and what Cara has learned in her 15 years as a researcher and clinician about caring for those suffering from serious body image disorders.
The Screen Sanity Podcast is Produced by Krista Boan.
Audio Production by Cosper Productions
17 May 2022
Heath Wilson and Joey Odom
Host Krista Boan talks to Heath Wilson and Joey Odom, the developers of Aro. They talk about how their project seeks to help families put their phones down and experience "life uninterrupted."
21 Dec 2021
Felicia Wu Song
14 Dec 2021
Chris McKenna
One of the first questions parents ask when they buy their child a smartphone is, “How do I keep them safe? What are the tools? What are the apps? How do I know what they’re getting into?”
These questions have been top-of-mind for START co-founder Krista Boan, as she continues to navigate the introduction of a smartphone into her own child’s life. Today on the podcast, she’s joined by Chris McKenna, founder of Protect Young Eyes. He’s a regular voice in news and commentary about digital safety for children and families, and an expert on the tools, resources, and trends that are shaping online life for the next generation.
Join Krista and Chris for this conversation about the steps parents can take, the layers of protection available, and the ways that different apps and filters provide different kinds of protection.
Screen Sanity is Executive Produced by Krista Boan and START. (http://www.westartnow.org/)
It is produced and edited by Mike Cosper for Cosper Productions. (http://www.cosperproductions.com/)
7 Dec 2021
The Smartphone Plunge | Krista Boan and Adam Reck
At START, we often talk about how this generation of parents is breaking new ground. Smartphones have changed our social and cultural landscape, and they’ve given rise to unprecedented challenges for parents as they discern how to introduce them to their kids.
For START co-founder Krista Boan, these aren’t abstract questions. From the beginning, she knew smartphones were in her kids’ future, and 2021 was the year she took the leap with her oldest daughter.
On this episode of the podcast, the tables are turned; she’s on the other side of the interview table and her friend Adam Reck is interviewing her. Adam has years of experience working with kids as a mentor and a student minister at Krista’s church. He’s also seen countless families make this transition. In this conversation, they compare notes and share wisdom as Krista discusses the steps her family took to introduce a new smartphone, the roles apps and filters can use, and the importance of wisdom, communication, and connection with your kids.
23 Mar 2021
Our Social Dilemma | Max Stossel
Max Stossel (https://www.wordsthatmove.com/) is an award-winning poet, filmmaker, and speaker. He is also the Head of Education & Content for the Center for Humane Technology (https://www.humanetech.com/), an organization of former tech insiders and CEOs dedicated to realigning technology with humanity’s best interests. If the Center is unfamiliar to you, one of their products probably is not – the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, (https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/) an exploration of the hazards of online life for the flourishing and well-being of our kids.
Max’s work has brought him to the front lines of public discourse about the impact of screens on our culture, and on the many ways tech companies are profiting off of our attention at the expense of our own well-being.
On this episode of the podcast, Max joins START co-founder Krista Boan to talk about how he began this work, the ways we need to reframe how we think about our tech vocabulary words like “attention” and “algorithm,” and how online engagement drives people to extremism.
Screen Sanity is Executive Produced by Krista Boan and START. (http://www.westartnow.org/)
It is produced and edited by Mike Cosper for Cosper Productions. (http://www.cosperproductions.com/)
2 Mar 2021
Phone-Free Zones | Angie Daniels
The real goal that lies behind setting boundaries around technology and screen time is much bigger than any one issue. We want kids to flourish and to have thriving relationships and experiences. Our guest on this week’s podcast has dedicated her life to that work.
Angie Daniels is the Program Manager for The Hope Center on the east side of Kansas City, Missouri. There, she works to serve kids in an urban community in the heart of the city. From Pre-K to High School, they work to provide a supportive, community-building and family-like atmosphere for kids outside of school. She’s also the mother of five kids who grew up in the smartphone revolution, all of whom are now young adults,
Listen in on the conversation about what helpshow phone boundaries help kids to flourish, how The Hope Center is serving its neighborhood, and how Angie and her husband navigated their own use of technology in the home.
16 Feb 2021
Porn + Predators | Rob and Zareen Cope
Few thoughts are as daunting to parents as the potential impact, damage, and prevalence of pornography in the lives of modern kids. While we’d like to think it mostly lives in hard-to-reach corners of the internet, the reality is that it’s only a few clicks away. But rather than let that fact frighten us away from the topic, we want to encourage parents to approach it straight-on, and our guests on this episode of Screen Sanity have done excellent work in helping us consider how to do so.
Rob and Zareen Cope are parents from New Zealand and the producers of the documentary “Our Kids Online: Porn, Predators, and How to Keep Them Safe.” They join START co-founder Krista Boan to talk about the origins of the documentary, the harm that porn is causing a generation, and practical ideas for protecting and educating our kids.
2 Feb 2021
Bring Screens to Life | Brady Smith
Listeners may know Brady Smith and his wife Tiffani Thiessen from their work in film and television. What you may not know is that they’re passionate about helping families reassess their relationship with screens.
In 2019, they published You’re Missing It, a children’s book that’s a cautionary tale about what happens when parents find themselves glued to their phones. During the months of COVID lockdown, Brady created a hit Instagram show called Random Acts of Drawness, inviting kids to draw and doodle in real life away from screens. This happy accident led to the launch of his latest book by the same name--now available everywhere super-awesome activity sketchbooks are sold.
Listen in as Brady joins START co-founder Krista Boan for a conversation about the book and their efforts to help their kids develop healthy relationships with screens
26 Jan 2021
Social Media + Girls | Amanda Mozea
What are the unique pressures that come with social media for girls? How can parents help give them a “learners permit” for online life? How do we think about our own relationships with social media and how it affects our kids?
On this week’s episode, START co-founder Krista Boan sits down with Amanda Mozea to talk about these questions and more. Amanda is the Education Outreach Manager of Media Girls (www.mediagirls.org), where she and her team work to equip parents and girls to better understand the risks and rewards of online life.
12 Jan 2021
Screen Healthy Schools | Scott Bacon
Scott Bacon is the principal of Blue Valley High School in Overland Park, Kansas. On this episode of the podcast, Scott sits down with START’s Krista Boan to talk about the impact of screen time and technology on student life at Blue Valley. They discuss the pressures of social media, school policies on phone usage and access, and the ways that remote learning and ZOOM fatigue have forced changes in those policies in recent months. You’ll hear real life wisdom from someone who spends every day on the front lines of the struggle for kids’ health and attention against the constant allure of technology.
22 Dec 2020
Your Brain on Screens | Susan Dunaway
Susan Dunaway is a neurotherapist whose practice has explored the many connections between screens and mental health. On this episode of the podcast, she talks with START co-founder and host Krista Boan about the science of neurotherapy and the effect of screen time and social media on the brain, including the remarkably important roles dopamine and oxytocin play in health and well-being.
She also speaks from personal experience, describing her own family’s practices, what she’s learned and adapted during COVID, and how she’s seen gaming impact the development of the minds and mental health of middle schoolers.
Executive Produced by Krista Boan and START
Produced and Edited by Mike Cosper and Narrativo
8 Dec 2020
My Tech-Wise Life | Amy Crouch
Amy Crouch, author of My Tech Wise Life, joins host Krista Boan to talk about what it was like growing up in a tech wise family.
24 Nov 2020
Digital Health | Tracy Foster
Krista Boan invites her START co-founder, Tracy Foster, to talk about the mission of START and how they hope to equip families for flouishing in a digital world.
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