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Kids are always on their phones, tablets or computers – even when they’re sitting across from one another at the lunch table! Does communicating via screens hurt kids? We talk to two researchers who found that too much screen time at the cost of face-to- face communication could decrease our ability to recognize emotions, and possibly even shorten our lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We explore why kids behave the way they do in certain situations, and offer strategies for dealing with a child that can help them grow more responsible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Our guest offers suggestions to parents, educators and policymakers about how expanding our children’s knowledge base in school will help make them read better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk with two citizen scientist advocates about the importance of having average citizens be the eyes and ears of large research projects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Although he never became president, Bobby Kennedy spearheaded a great deal of change in America with his work in civil rights, crime fighting and by combatting corruption. Our guest remembers this icon and talks about his more personal side, how he helped his brother John become president, and how his legacy inspires liberals and conservatives to this day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the baby boomers transitioning into retirement in record numbers, and their parents living longer, we’re facing an eldercare challenge that’s bigger than we’ve ever seen before in this country. Who will take care of all of the older Americans who will need medical and end-of-life assistance in the coming decades? And how will we ensure that elder citizens will be able to live in comfort and dignity during their senior years? We talk to an activist about her own experiences with the system, and learn about strategies for dealing with the eldercare challenges that face us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Developing “emotional agility” to deal with the thoughts, emotions and the stories we have in our lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There have been news stories all summer about wildfires destroying thousands of acres of forest in the West and elsewhere. Most of the time we hear about the devastation, but our guests says that fires actually help forests stay healthy and can even bring them back to their natural states by removing non-native plants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We’ve heard a lot about climate change and global warming over the past 20 years or so, but ironically people care about it less now than they did a decade ago. We talk to a researcher and author about how the framing of climate change can skew the message and create attitudes that affect how we think of global warming and how we become motivated – or not – to do something about it Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It seems that everywhere you go, fashion surrounds you – in ads for clothing and makeup, a billboard, the cover of a magazine, or virtually anything featuring a model. These images provide us with the idea of what makes a perfect person: If you wear this color lipstick and this kind of dress, you’re considered beautiful. The fashion industry has been doing this for ages, but over time it has increasingly raised issues about confidence, self-esteem and body image. Our guest discusses why it’s important to look beyond the advertisements and find the fashions that are right for you, how cheap clothing is hurting developing countries and the environment, and why designers and manufacturers need to change how they create clothing for and market to older men and women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices