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EPISODE · Mar 31, 2026 · 1H 8M

Luddites

from Not My Scene · host Yarden Blausapp & Kaia Lynne

Time limits, greyscale, and Brick not working to curb your phone addiction? Maybe you just need to toss it altogether! That's what anti-tech activist and writer August Lamm did. She dialed in to NMS via dumb phone to tell us about her experience as an artist in NYC without a smartphone or computer. Consider us inspired!! Other discussion includes the cuntiest dumb phone options, what we'd miss from the internet, and bleached eyebrows.Sources and further reading:August Lamm's SubstackKatie Lowe's essay about her first year without a smartphoneLuddite Teens 2022 NYT articleLuddite Teens 2025 NYT articleEmail us: [email protected] us on Instagram and TikTok!

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Time limits, greyscale, and Brick not working to curb your phone addiction? Maybe you just need to toss it altogether! That's what anti-tech activist and writer August Lamm did. She dialed in to NMS via dumb phone to tell us about her experience as an artist in NYC without a smartphone or computer. Consider us inspired!! Other discussion includes the cuntiest dumb phone options, what we'd miss from the internet, and bleached eyebrows. Sources and further reading: August Lamm's Substack Katie ...

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