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EPISODE · Nov 22, 2025 · 23 MIN

Could you give up your smartphone for a month?

from Post Reports · host The Washington Post

A group in D.C. ditched their smartphones for a month. Washington Post reporter Brittany Shammas joined them. Here’s what she learned.If you want to learn more about Brittany’s story, you can read it here. To subscribe to The Optimist’s newsletter, click here.Today’s show was produced by Maggie Penman and Ted Muldoon, who also mixed the show. Subscribe to The Washington Post here.

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A group in D.C. ditched their smartphones for a month. Washington Post reporter Brittany Shammas joined them. Here’s what she learned.

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