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Aug 2021
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Phone Addiction: The effects of smartpho...

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This episode we're talking about something we all seem to be addicted to... PHONES. We'll discuss the effects our phones have on us and our brains as well as our experience taking a cellphone 'vacation' while on vacation.


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