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What Now? With Trevor NoahThe Anxious Generation with Jonathan Haidt | What Now? with Trevor Noah Podcast
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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- May 15, 2025
- Duration
- 1h 21m
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- What Now? With Trevor Noah
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Jonathan Haidt, noted social psychologist and author of The Anxious Generation, sits down with us to discuss how smartphones and social media are harming Gen Z – and really all of us. He encourages claiming back third spaces, championing anti-fragility, and … maybe letting your kid go take a walk. 00:00 Cold Opening Intro 01:05 Introduction to the youth mental health crisis 04:42 The shift from play-based to phone-based childhood 16:14 Gaming addiction and its impact on boys 30:01 Digital dangers and pornography accessibility 51:55 Social media's devastating impact on girls' mental health 01:01:00 School-based solutions and phone-free initiatives 01:11:02 Rebuilding community spaces and trust If you haven't already.... Subscribe to What Now? here on YouTube! https://bit.ly/SubscribeToWhatNowPodcast Or follow along on your other favourite podcast platforms... Spotify - https://bit.ly/WhatNowOnSpotify / Apple Podcasts - https://bit.ly/WhatNowOnApplePodcasts More episodes... Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People https://youtu.be/5cs3aIXF6ug Neuro-Spicy: Discussing ADHD with Dr. Kristin Carothers https://youtu.be/SkDvqvpxKBY If I Ruled The World: Careful What You Think https://youtu.be/4R-VayY9J9w Meet Eugene Khoza – One of My Favorite People https://youtu.be/GhlhkbAtN1g Is Elon Musk the Ultimate Scam Artist? with Max Chafkin https://youtu.be/nGMcyJG5If0 The Problem With Men, with Scott Galloway https://youtu.be/_i11gj-iq1I American Amnesia with Tressie McMillan Cottom https://youtu.be/bOT53IY6tJg The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie https://youtu.be/yfNbrC3HJpU Christiana Gave Birth (Again)! https://youtu.be/ER-EZnyjSJM Human-Kind or Human Evil with Rutger Bregman https://youtu.be/vhg2RLXUovs Meet Khaya Dlanga – One of My Favorite People https://youtu.be/qEJV3t1m_Y4 The Second Coming of Halle Berry https://youtu.be/hW7Mld_WksU RIP… D.E.I. with Ruha Benjamin https://youtu.be/1VRCfuKEGdo No One Told Trevor He Was Hosting the Grammys https://youtu.be/bNEJVTNU8N8 Wringing in the New Year https://youtu.be/Ge_0YMwfTes Is Marques Brownlee the Most Powerful Man in Tech? https://youtu.be/pNDidttHP9M?si=5GDvs3sbehGH5ZZm Why Are All Bosses Idiots? with Simon Sinek https://youtu.be/BooPVxoRmEY?si=IV5bDRKpJj2Z1WHV How To Be The Most Healed Guy with Neal Brennan https://youtu.be/InNbGfVVtJk?si=rKM8EcfC-bGcWEsk If You Ruled the World: Listener Grab Bag https://youtu.be/lRBA74Yd6eo Love on a Timeline with Esther Perel https://youtu.be/wXoi2mcS79c Tight Values, Loose Ideas with Malcolm Gladwell https://youtu.be/0nzREiczBaA?si=FpCq7CQIg8wavN89 What’s In An Accent with Lupita Nyong’o https://youtu.be/OncAEu9sfD8?si=CEM-ZAFKABE9agLx For Kids or Anyone Who’s Ever Been a Kid https://youtu.be/iv3CMDfKM5w?si=_e0aLFDiHBxPutCB Have We Missed The Message? with Ta-Nehisi Coates https://youtu.be/IPbD9PZ5FP4?si=6Jo16ww9qDqjPFIF Kevin Hart Gets the Bubble Guts! https://youtu.be/LxWiLYHEdYI?si=DQfQxsE_qbQU18gc Doctor Roger Federer Will See You Now https://youtu.be/0foth8r3Zbg?si=jLLMfq9DE90rLAZn Welcome To The Julia Louis-Dreyfus Brain Museum https://youtu.be/gIM1aQ9KS1o?si=z6pYIWwtEOfjqspB Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Kicks Off The Podcast! https://youtu.be/gPmBuZbnn0g?si=R2jJLxG5cb-BwF03 Jessica Alba Is Standing in Her Power! https://youtu.be/zY9KZyJ1EiI?si=qGolN-Ga4PI3C-5a Making Bureaucracies Sexier with Yuval Noah Harari https://youtu.be/jO8ZLWYg71M?si=Ihm6QzZEnueJJWr1 Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias and the Art of Mentoring https://youtu.be/_ZeEiE42kNk?si=UNc9HE9NnyQbSVs6 Tripping Past Your Ego with Michael Pollan https://youtu.be/RMXu7Fn_bZc?si=fujRFMjoW0gwtMLu Why AI Won’t Destroy Us with Microsoft’s Brad Smith https://youtu.be/N5qEv-0fyQ4?si=YqEp8HUM5TCvVoZi Sam Altman Speaks Out About What Happened at OpenAI https://youtu.be/dVTxt5K8YZo?si=tNjKcPxtZuj6crVd There’s No I In Trevor Noah https://youtu.be/NZYnFYmn1Q0?si=5mYwzWfs83XoXhLO The Ozempic Obsession with Jia Tolentino https://youtu.be/ZR9QASRetRc?si=FmhMdLFmYKAOtxP8 #JonathanHaidt #TrevorNoah #WhatNowPodcast
SPEAKERS
Trevor Noah
hostComedian and presenter, host of the podcast “What Now? with Trevor Noah.”
Jonathan Haidt
guestSocial psychologist and author of “The Anxious Generation,” professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business and co-founder of Let Grow.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of What Now? With Trevor Noah, featuring Trevor Noah and Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation with Jonathan Haidt | What Now? with Trevor Noah Podcast explores Haidt Explains How Phone-Based Childhood Replaced Play and Harmed Kids Haidt argues the book is a tragedy in two acts: kids lost free play in the 1990s as parents grew fearful, then between 2010 and 2015 childhood shifted onto smartphones and social media.
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