PESD, Meditation Apps, Digesting Media
Thomas G. Plante Ph.D., a psychology professor at Santa Clara University and an adjunct clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, joins us to discuss what some people have called Post Election Stress Disorder. A few months after the last election, he published an article in Psychology Today on the topic titled, “Post Election Stress Disorder: Is It a Thing?”
Mindfulness and meditation have become big business for tech companies. Journalist Mike Powell joins us (at 21:50) to discuss his article for The Ringer titled, “Meditation in the Time of Disruption,” which looks at whether it is really possible to unplug and reset while tied to an app on your phone.
Faris Yakob, co-founder the creative consultancy firm Genius Steals, joins us (at 38:40) to discuss his article for Medium, "You Are The Media You Eat," a three-part series that makes the case for a balanced media diet.
