Body Electric
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Life Kit: Don't always depend on GPS. Your sense of direction will thank you
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We've got a special episode for you today from our friends at Life Kit! Do you feel like you always need to use GPS to get around? Never quite sure if...
5 minute walk & talk: The low-tech gadget to make your breaks better
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's the finale of Body Electric season 2! Writer Linda Stone, who coined the term "screen apnea," knows all too well that our technology can really m...
5 minute move & talk: Taking breaks when walking isn't an option
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a series of accidents over a decade ago, listener Michelle Rozovics lost her mobility, causing her to experience pain with any weight-bearing mo...
If a bot relationship FEELS real, should we care that it's not?
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to advances in AI, chatbots can act as personalized therapists, companions and romantic partners. The apps offering these services have been do...
5 minute MOVE & GROOVE! DJ JP Labrosse will get you off your screen
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we have an extraordinary episode to get you off your screen! Join mindful movement coach JP Labrosse for this guided 5 minute movement session ...
5 minute walk & talk: Manoush's journey to spend less time on her laptop
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Manoush takes a solo walk and shares what she does to spend less time scrolling, more time moving, including the story of forcing herself (and ...
Type, tap, scroll, BREATHE! How our tech use impacts our breath
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have "screen apnea"? Former Microsoft executive Linda Stone coined this term around 2007 after noticing she'd developed an unhealthy habit whil...
5 minute walk & talk: The professor who makes her students jog during sociology class
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Jennifer Lundquist has been taking movement breaks in her office and classroom for 13 years(!) and she's learned a thing or two. Move with h...
5 minute walk & talk: Uché Blackstock on how your neighborhood impacts your health
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Even if we want to put our health first, it's not always within our control. Our genetics, environment, home life, work conditions, and systemic facto...
Your earbuds and you: What all that listening is doing to us
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us wear earbuds for hours at a time, sometimes all day long, and all that listening is taking a toll on our hearing. This episode, host Manous...
5 minute walk & talk: Why this listener failed at taking breaks—and her new approach
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Remembering to get up and move can feel impossible, especially when you love your work and you're "in the zone." That was the case for listener Margot...
5 minute walk & talk: Physiologist Keith Diaz hates timers and doesn't count steps
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for another 5 minute movement break! This time, Columbia researcher Keith Diaz joins Manoush to chat about how he uses his treadmill desk to...
5 minute walk & talk: Writer Kelly Corrigan on making movement breaks productive
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To kick off Season 2 of Body Electric, host Manoush Zomorodi takes a five minute walk with writer Kelly Corrigan. Kelly shares her tips for fitting mo...
TED Radio Hour: A More Walkable World
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We know walking is good for our bodies, our communities, and our planet. But our car-centric cities and screen-filled lives keep us sitting. Can we ch...
Thinking Long-Term: Making Movement a Lifelong Habit
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Body Electric challenge has inspired tens of thousands of listeners to incorporate more movement into their days. For some, this new lifestyle has...
What Zoom Does To Our Brains
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We've all heard of "Zoom fatigue"—that feeling of depletion and exhaustion after a long video call. New findings explain what video calls do to our ...
Top 10 Listener Tips To Keep Moving
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last fall, over 20,000 listeners joined our study with Columbia University to take movement breaks throughout the day. They reported that the more bre...
Part 6: Walk Into The Future
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In part six: host Manoush Zomorodi digs into the preliminary results of the listener study with Columbia University researcher Keith Diaz. He shares t...
Part 5: The Mind-Body-Tech Connection
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In part five: host Manoush Zomorodi investigates what information overload does to our physical and mental health. Could our tech use be interfering w...
Part 4: Below the Belt
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In part four: host Manoush Zomorodi explores the connection between our posture and our mood. A lot of us associate our neck and back pain with spendi...
Part 3: Why Our Eyes Are Elongating
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In part three: host Manoush Zomorodi explores how our tech habits are causing our eyes to change shape—to elongate—which causes nearsightedness. S...
Part 2: When Human Met Desk
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In part two: host Manoush Zomorodi delves into how we met and fell hard for the personal computer—and why we continue to have this committed, yet to...
Part 1: The Body Through The Ages
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this special series, host Manoush Zomorodi investigates the relationship between our technology and our bodies and asks: How are we physically adap...
What is Body Electric?
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Body Electric, host Manoush Zomorodi investigates the relationship between our technology and our bodies... and she has a challenge for YOU.Learn m...