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May 2025
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Oprah and Jonathan Haidt on How Kids Can...

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In this episode of “The Oprah Podcast,” Oprah talks to bestselling authors Jonathan Haidt and Catherine Price who share their perspectives on how young people can reclaim their childhoods from the grips of technology. Jonathan’s book The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness has been on the New York ... Show More
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