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Note to Self episodes

August 02, 2017 Save the Planet! Part 1: I'm Gonna Take My Clothes Off
This week, five episodes for five ways we can do better by the planet. First: warm up, strip down. Rethink the air conditioner.
With David Biello, science curator for TED.
10 min
August 02, 2017 Save the Planet! Part 2: Whale Poop
Giant whale turds. A permanent shade over the sun. One is flashier, but that's the danger of it. This is poopier oceans vs. the climate quick fix.
The last episode in our five-part series, with TED science curator David Biello.
11 min
August 02, 2017 Save the Planet! Part 3: Super Powered Sweet Corn
We’ve made our plants bigger, juicier, and sturdier. Now can we make them better at sucking CO2? And should we?
The last episode in our five-part series, with TED science curator David Biello.
10 min
August 02, 2017 Save the Planet! Part 4: Suck It
First, stick a giant vacuum cleaner onto a smokestack. Inhale the exhaust. Then what?
The last episode in our five-part series, with TED science curator David Biello.
9 min
August 02, 2017 Save the Planet! Part 5: Do Over?
We were going to have to talk about it eventually. No, not Elon Musk (although yes, he does come up). Mars. Planet B.
The last episode in our five-part series, with TED science curator David Biello.
10 min
July 26, 2017 Escape From Yahoo!
It’s 2017, and Manoush still has a Yahoo account. Is her exit strategy an encrypted file in Switzerland? This week, the tech loyalties we keep past their expiration date, and how to move on - technically and emotionally.
19 min
July 19, 2017 Your Mailman Is a Drug Dealer. He Just Doesn’t Know It.
We visit the Dark Web, where you can get heroin, fentanyl and oxycontin shipped right to your door. This week, we stress out our IT department with our searches and talk to author Nick Bilton about the Silk Road, online drug markets, and the opioid crisis in America.
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28 min
July 12, 2017 Should We Post Photos of Our Kids Online?
A third of kids are online before they’re even born, thanks to sonogram images posted to Facebook. Is there a downside to all the kid photos we share?
This week, we revisit a conversation with Hillary Frank, host of the Longest Shortest Time. And we want to hear what you think - did your parents post photos of you? Do you post photos of your kids? Visit notetoselfradio.org/kidphotos to take our survey.
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25 min
July 05, 2017 When Was the Last Time You Peed Without Your Phone?
Yeah, it’s been a while for us too. So let’s reset. It’s the Bored and Brilliant bootcamp: three quick challenges to make space for brilliance in our accelerating world.
Maybe you’ve heard this episode before, but even if you have, a boredom refresher can’t hurt. Take some time to daydream, and see what ideas bubble up as your mind wanders.
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17 min
June 28, 2017 We’ve Gained So Much With the iPhone. What Have We Lost?
Address books, maps, keys. Your Walkman, your datebook. All wiped out by your phone. Along with eye contact and boredom. This week, as the iPhone turns 10, we assess our most enduring love affair: the relationship between us and our devices.
With tech journalist David Pogue and Adam Greenfield, author of Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life.
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24 min

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Is your phone watching you? Can texting make you smarter? Are your kids real? Note to Self explores these and other essential quandaries facing anyone trying to preserve their humanity in the digital age.