Have you ever chatted with customer support, only to realize halfway through that it wasn’t a person? That split-second drop in your stomach — when the replies feel right but not real — might be the defining digital wellness moment of our time.

In this episode, we dive into a provocative question that could shape the future of human connection: Should we all have the right to refuse AI?

As artificial intelligence quietly takes over everything from hiring to healthcare, we explore what happens when convenience starts replacing consent — and when “I want to talk to a person” becomes a radical demand.

Here’s what you’ll hear:

• Real-world examples of AI in daily life that you probably didn’t realize you’ve already consented to.

• How AI is changing the way we experience empathy, trust, and human connection.

• The emerging idea of a Right to Refuse AI — what it could mean for your health, your data, and your dignity.

• Why automation might make “human interaction” the next luxury product.

• The ethical, emotional, and psychological costs of letting AI speak for us.

If you care about digital balance, human-centered technology, and wellness in the age of automation, this conversation will challenge how you think about your relationship with machines.

The right to privacy. The right to repair. The right to disconnect. Is it time we added one more — the right to refuse AI?

Listen now and discover why the most human act in the digital age might be as simple as saying, I want a person.

Stay connected, stay curious, and subscribe to The Healthier Tech Podcast for more conversations at the crossroads of technology and wellbeing.

This episode is brought to you by Shield Your Body—a global leader in EMF protection and digital wellness. Because real wellness means protecting your body, not just optimizing it.

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What if your dream job slipped away before a human ever saw your résumé? In this thought-provoking episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, we explore how artificial intelligence has become the invisible “brick wall” between employers and job seekers — and what that means for your career, creativity, and mental wellbeing.

The hiring process has changed dramatically. Most companies now rely on AI to scan résumés, filter candidates, and decide who gets an interview. But what happens when algorithms start rejecting great people for the wrong reasons? We break down the hidden biases, the loss of human touch, and the psychological toll of endless silence after “submitting your application.”

Here’s what you’ll hear about:

• How AI résumé scanners are quietly shaping the future of hiring

• Why “keyword optimization” might be costing you opportunities

• The emotional side of AI-driven rejection and the rise of learned helplessness

• The hidden cost to creativity and diversity when pattern-matching replaces intuition

• Why networking and referrals are becoming the new “bypass” to beat the bots

• The deeper philosophical question: What are we really optimizing for—speed or humanity?

This episode isn’t anti-technology—it’s a wake-up call. As we rush toward AI-powered efficiency, are we losing the empathy that makes hiring (and working) human?

Tune in to learn how you can stay authentic in a world that’s training people to write like robots just to impress robots.

Listen now and subscribe to The Healthier Tech Podcast—where we explore the intersection of health, humanity, and technology, one episode at a time.

This episode is brought to you by Shield Your Body—a global leader in EMF protection and digital wellness. Because real wellness means protecting your body, not just optimizing it.

If you found this episode eye-opening, leave a review, share it with someone tech-curious, and don’t forget to subscribe to Shield Your Body on YouTube for more insights on living healthier with technology.

What if online harassment isn’t random at all—but part of a strategy?

In this explosive episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, host R Blank talks with Viktorya Vilk, Director of Digital Safety and Free Expression at PEN America, about how governments, corporations, and tech platforms are turning the internet into a weapon against free speech.

Viktorya reveals how political power, economic pressure, and digital surveillance now intersect to create an ecosystem where journalists, writers, and even librarians are targeted for speaking out.

She breaks down how authoritarian tactics, media consolidation, and platform indifference have combined to make the online world hostile to truth—and what each of us can do to push back.

• How the U.S. dropped to 57th in global press freedom rankings—and why that’s not an accident

• The chilling new playbook: online harassment as a censorship tool

• Why Big Tech’s business model thrives on surveillance, fear, and silence

• How Facebook and Google siphoned 70% of online ad revenue, collapsing local journalism

• Real-life examples of reporters attacked, arrested, and digitally terrorized for telling the truth

• The practical digital safety steps every person can take—starting today

• Why Viktorya refuses to give in to “tech nihilism” and insists users have power

This isn’t just a podcast about harassment or privacy—it’s about democracy, power, and your voice. Viktorya explains how the same digital forces that endanger journalists are eroding safety and free expression for everyone.

But she also shares concrete tools to rebuild your sense of control online: from password hygiene and privacy audits to collective advocacy that pressures tech platforms to act responsibly.

She makes one thing clear: silence is the goal of harassment—and awareness is the antidote.

Connect With Viktorya Vilk:

Website: https://pen.org

Social Handles:

• LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/viktorya-v-a65b9235/
• X: @VilkViktorya

Resources Mentioned in the Episode:

Field Manual Against Online Harrassment: https://onlineharassmentfieldmanual.pen.org/ 

Online abuse & Digital Safety Programs: https://pen.org/online-abuse-digital-safety/ 

Treating online abuse like Spam: https://pen.org/report/treating-online-abuse-like-spam/

Shouting into the void: https://pen.org/report/shouting-into-the-void/ 

No Excuse for abuse: https://pen.org/report/no-excuse-for-abuse/ 

For more Healthier Tech Podcast episodes, and to download our Healthier Tech Quick Start Guide, visit https://HealthierTech.co and follow https://instagram.com/healthiertech 

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This episode is brought to you by Shield Your Body—a global leader in EMF protection and digital wellness. Because real wellness means protecting your body, not just optimizing it.

If you found this episode eye-opening, leave a review, share it with someone tech-curious, and don’t forget to subscribe to Shield Your Body on YouTube for more insights on living healthier with technology.

Today, we're diving deep into the acceleration gap that's reshaping how we think, work, and connect. While privacy regulations are still catching up to yesterday's problems, artificial intelligence has already sprinted years ahead, creating a chasm between innovation and oversight that affects every tech-conscious person.

We'll explore the psychology behind our relationship with convenience and efficiency. Why do we keep choosing the shortcut? What happens to our cognitive muscles when we stop flexing them? And how close are we getting to that fictional future where humans float in chairs while machines handle everything?

But this isn't just about technology—it's about reflection. The tools we create mirror what we value most, and the choices we make today are quietly shaping tomorrow's digital landscape.

Key questions we'll tackle:

• Is the real issue AI moving too fast, or humans moving too slow?

• What's the difference between helpful assistance and cognitive dependency?

• How do we maintain our humanity when machines can mimic almost everything we do?

• Where's the line between personalization and control?

If you've ever wondered whether your digital tools are truly serving you—or if you're starting to serve them—this conversation will give you a fresh perspective on navigating our rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Ready to think differently about the future of human-AI interaction? Subscribe and join thousands of wellness-minded listeners who refuse to let technology make decisions for them.

This episode is brought to you by Shield Your Body—a global leader in EMF protection and digital wellness. Because real wellness means protecting your body, not just optimizing it.

If you found this episode eye-opening, leave a review, share it with someone tech-curious, and don’t forget to subscribe to Shield Your Body on YouTube for more insights on living healthier with technology.

What if jet lag isn’t about sleep at all?

In this episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, Andrew Herr, founder and CEO of FlyKitt, shares why flying doesn’t just throw off your circadian rhythm—it triggers inflammation that can wreck your body and brain. And he’s got the science (and Navy SEAL experience) to back it up.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

• Why flying is like climbing an 8,000-foot mountain in 15 minutes

• How reduced cabin oxygen and air pressure trigger oxidative stress

• Why your airplane meal is secretly an inflammation bomb

• Hacks that elite military operators and pro athletes use to land clear-headed

• How FlyKitt uses AI, supplements, and light timing to reset your body fast

Andrew’s protocols have helped everyone from executives negotiating in Asia to pro soccer players perform at their best immediately after landing. Now he’s making those tools available for travelers everywhere.

If you’ve ever stumbled off a plane groggy, bloated, or brain-fogged, you’ll never look at jet lag the same way again.

• Website: https://Flykitt.com

• Social Handles:

• Instagram: @Flykitt_travel

• Instagram: @andrewherrbio

• Products

• Flykitt Domestic for Travel Inflammation 

• Flykitt International for Jet Lag 

For more Healthier Tech Podcast episodes, and to download our Healthier Tech Quick Start Guide, visit https://HealthierTech.co and follow https://instagram.com/healthiertech 

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• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bagbybrand/ 

• Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bagby.co

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shieldyourbody 

This episode is brought to you by Shield Your Body—a global leader in EMF protection and digital wellness. Because real wellness means protecting your body, not just optimizing it.

If you found this episode eye-opening, leave a review, share it with someone tech-curious, and don’t forget to subscribe to Shield Your Body on YouTube for more insights on living healthier with technology.

What if the next video you watch—of a politician, a celebrity, or even your best friend—isn’t real?

In this episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, we dive into the explosive rise of AI-powered deepfakes and ultra-realistic video tools like Veo 3. These platforms can turn a single line of text into a flawless, lifelike video. The potential for creativity is staggering. The potential for harm? Even greater.

Here’s what you’ll discover:

• The tech leap in 2025: How Veo 3 and other tools now generate studio-quality videos in minutes.

• The dark side of realism: From CEO fraud scams to synthetic propaganda, deepfakes are already being weaponized.

• Philosophical curveballs: If seeing is no longer believing, what does authenticity mean in a digital-first world?

• The human impact: Why false videos can ruin reputations, fuel anxiety, and erode trust.

• Solutions on the horizon: Content credentials, AI-powered detection, new regulations, and digital literacy as our best defense.

We’re not just talking about technology—we’re talking about the future of truth itself.

If you care about digital wellness, online privacy, and protecting your mental clarity in a hyper-connected world, this episode is a must-listen.

Subscribe to The Healthier Tech Podcast and join the conversation about how we can build a healthier relationship with technology.

This episode is brought to you by Shield Your Body—a global leader in EMF protection and digital wellness. Because real wellness means protecting your body, not just optimizing it.

If you found this episode eye-opening, leave a review, share it with someone tech-curious, and don’t forget to subscribe to Shield Your Body on YouTube for more insights on living healthier with technology.

“Enough is enough.” That’s the rallying cry of more than 100 health advocacy groups uniting under the banner of 704 No More™ — a coalition determined to restore local governments’ rights over the placement of cell towers and antennas.

Why? Because in 1996, Congress quietly passed Section 704 of the Telecom Act, which stripped local communities of the ability to fight these towers on health or environmental grounds. Nearly three decades later, wireless infrastructure has multiplied, exposures have intensified, and communities remain powerless.

In this episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, host R Blank sits down with longtime health advocate Camilla Rees and telecom attorney Scott McCollough, Esq., to uncover:

• How industry lobbying created Section 704—and why it still protects profits over people

• The science regulators ignore: decades of Navy, NASA, NIH, and EPA studies showing EMFs disrupt DNA, immunity, and ecosystems

• Why you can’t sue for property loss or illness when a tower goes up near your home

• The safer alternative: how fiber-to-the-home could cut EMF exposure by hundreds of times while keeping fast connectivity

• Why the FCC is one of the most captured agencies in Washington—and what it means for your health

This episode dives deep into health, rights, and the hidden history of U.S. telecom policy. If you care about your family, your property, or your community, you don’t want to miss it.

Website: www.704NoMore.org

Facebook: facebook.com/704NoMore

Connect with R Blank:

For more Healthier Tech Podcast episodes, and to download our Healthier Tech Quick Start Guide, visit https://HealthierTech.co and follow https://instagram.com/healthiertech 

Additional Links:

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• Youtube: https://youtube.com/shieldyourbody

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bagbybrand/ 

• Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bagby.co

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shieldyourbody 

This episode is brought to you by Shield Your Body—a global leader in EMF protection and digital wellness. Because real wellness means protecting your body, not just optimizing it.

If you found this episode eye-opening, leave a review, share it with someone tech-curious, and don’t forget to subscribe to Shield Your Body on YouTube for more insights on living healthier with technology.

What if your next health check didn’t happen in a doctor’s office? What if a handheld scanner at your local pharmacy—or a video you shot at home—flagged a warning before you even knew something was wrong? 

This episode tackles the fast-approaching reality where AI-powered tools are changing the very first steps of catching disease.

We’re not talking about distant tech dreams. From global headlines about AI systems catching lung conditions on the spot, to fresh technology showing up in pharmacies and even your own apps, you’ll get the inside track on what’s real, what’s hype, and what’s about to upend old-school checkups.

Join us as we explore:

• The surprising places AI is quietly transforming early detection and wellness

• How algorithms and scanners are working hand-in-hand with real clinicians (and what that means for trust in your next diagnosis)

• Sharp, honest questions about privacy, accuracy, and whether the doctor-patient relationship is evolving… or just getting outsourced

• The big question everyone’s asking behind the scenes: Are you ready for your next health scare—or miracle—to start with a scan, not a stethoscope?

We’re diving into what matters most for anyone who cares about health, technology, and staying a step ahead. Whether you love the idea or have your doubts, this episode will get you thinking long after it ends.

Don’t miss your chance to rethink your next checkup—and see if you’re prepared for a future where health comes looking for you.

Subscribe now, so you never miss out on what’s next in wellness tech.

Empowered by R Blank launched on Amazon: https://www.shieldyourbody.com/empowered 

This episode is brought to you by Shield Your Body—a global leader in EMF protection and digital wellness. Because real wellness means protecting your body, not just optimizing it.

If you found this episode eye-opening, leave a review, share it with someone tech-curious, and don’t forget to subscribe to Shield Your Body on YouTube for more insights on living healthier with technology.

What if one simple change to your bedroom could help you sleep deeper, reduce pain, calm anxiety, and even clear your skin?

That’s the power of grounding — reconnecting your body to the Earth’s natural energy. While it may sound unconventional, research (including gold-standard, double-blind placebo trials) shows grounding measurably improves sleep, inflammation, and overall wellbeing.

In this episode of The Healthier Tech Podcast, host R Blank sits down with Reed Wommack, founder of GroundLuxe, a company making high-quality grounding sheets, mats, and pillowcases to bring grounding into your daily life.

Together, they explore:

• What grounding is and why your body, as a bioelectrical system, thrives on it

• How Reed personally beat migraines, anxiety, and skin flare-ups through grounding

• The science: over 40 published papers show grounding is more than placebo

• The easiest ways to get started — from 45 minutes barefoot in the grass to swapping your bedsheets

• Why grounding sheets are the most powerful “set it and forget it” wellness upgrade

• GroundLuxe’s mission to launch the first U.S.-made grounding sheets

Special Offer: Save 10% on GroundLuxe products at ShieldYourBody.com/groundluxe with code groundluxe10 — valid through October 15.

Website: GroundLuxe.com

Social Media:

• @groundluxe on Instagram

• @groundluxe on Twitter

• @ReedWommack on Twitter

• Reed Wommack on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reedwommack 

Save 10% on GroundLuxe products at ShieldYourBody.com/groundluxe with code groundluxe10 — valid through October 15.

Connect with R Blank:

For more Healthier Tech Podcast episodes, and to download our Healthier Tech Quick Start Guide, visit https://HealthierTech.co and follow https://instagram.com/healthiertech 

Additional Links:

• EMF Superstore: https://ShieldYourBody.com (save 15% with code “pod”)

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• Youtube: https://youtube.com/shieldyourbody

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bagbybrand/ 

• Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bagby.co

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shieldyourbody 

This episode is brought to you by Shield Your Body—a global leader in EMF protection and digital wellness. Because real wellness means protecting your body, not just optimizing it.

If you found this episode eye-opening, leave a review, share it with someone tech-curious, and don’t forget to subscribe to Shield Your Body on YouTube for more insights on living healthier with technology.

For only the second time in The Healthier Tech Podcast history, the roles are reversed. Host R Blank, CEO of Shield Your Body and co-author of Overpowered, steps into the guest seat — while Stephanie Warner takes over the mic to interview him about his groundbreaking new book, Empowered: Your Essential Guide to Navigating EMF Protection in a Wireless World.

Inside this episode:

• How EMF exposure has exploded since 2012 — with everything from thermostats to doorbells now emitting radiation.

• Why your phone in your pocket can be a bigger hazard than the cell tower outside your house.

• The three free behavioral changes R says anyone can make today to cut exposure.

• How to spot the snake-oil “protection” products that waste your money.

• Why Empowered is the survival guide the wireless industry doesn’t want you to have.

R also shares how he structured his 27-chapter roadmap — covering science, exposure measurement, behavior shifts, product evaluation, and proven protection strategies — to give listeners a practical playbook for safer living in a wireless world.

If you’ve ever wondered which EMF risks matter most — and what you can realistically do about them — this is the episode you can’t afford to skip.

Subscribe to The Healthier Tech Podcast and listen now to hear R Blank in the hot seat.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Buy Empowered: https://www.shieldyourbody.com/empowered/ 

Join the Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/shieldyourbodyfromemf/ 

Connect with R Blank:

For more Healthier Tech Podcast episodes, and to download our Healthier Tech Quick Start Guide, visit https://HealthierTech.co and follow https://instagram.com/healthiertech 

Additional Links:

• EMF Superstore: https://ShieldYourBody.com (save 15% with code “pod”)

• Digital Wellbeing with a Human Soul: https://Bagby.co (save 15% with code “pod”)

• Youtube: https://youtube.com/shieldyourbody

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bagbybrand/ 

• Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bagby.co

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shieldyourbody 

This episode is brought to you by Shield Your Body—a global leader in EMF protection and digital wellness. Because real wellness means protecting your body, not just optimizing it.

If you found this episode eye-opening, leave a review, share it with someone tech-curious, and don’t forget to subscribe to Shield Your Body on YouTube for more insights on living healthier with technology.