# Screen Deep

A podcast by Children and Screens. Screen Deep takes aim at decoding young brains and behavior in a digital world. Host Kris Perry dives deep with a leading expert in each episode to explore how children and adolescents are affected mentally, physically, and developmentally by digital media use, bringing research and evidence-based perspectives to the essential questions on how to help children thrive today.

Feed: https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2404374.rss

## Latest episodes

- [Do Social Media Child Safety and Content Moderation Features Work? with Laura Edelson, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/e1c722a3b4b4) (2026-10-21, 46 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/19993125-do-social-media-child-safety-and-content-moderation-features-work-with-laura-edelson-phd.mp3
- [Artificial Intimacy: What Happens When We Turn to AI for Connection? with Sherry Turkle, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/9ca2b269d9d0) (2026-09-30, 51 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/19876631-artificial-intimacy-what-happens-when-we-turn-to-ai-for-connection-with-sherry-turkle-phd.mp3
- [Why the Internet Should be Made Safer for Children - Not the Other Way Around with Baroness Beeban Kidron](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/443cdcd8e839) (2026-09-09, 53 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/19775824-why-the-internet-should-be-made-safer-for-children-not-the-other-way-around-with-baroness-beeban-kidron.mp3
- [The False Promise of Tech and AI in Schools with Jared Cooney Horvath, PhD, MEd](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/2cc75ae67024) (2026-08-19, 54 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/19665800-the-false-promise-of-tech-and-ai-in-schools-with-jared-cooney-horvath-phd-med.mp3
- [The Costs of Using Devices to Calm Children with Peter Reschke, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/bae00061f915) (2026-07-29, 37 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/19564417-the-costs-of-using-devices-to-calm-children-with-peter-reschke-phd.mp3
- [The Science of Raising Humans in the Age of AI with Dana Suskind, MD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/d26380a993e6) (2026-07-08, 47 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/19459169-the-science-of-raising-humans-in-the-age-of-ai-with-dana-suskind-md.mp3
- [Influencers and Kids: The Power of Online Personalities | Liselot Hudders, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/435737b993d6) (2026-06-17, 39 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/19349122-influencers-and-kids-the-power-of-online-personalities-liselot-hudders-phd.mp3
- [How Toxic Food Marketing Affects Child Health with Kelly Brownell, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/1407aa9828f5) (2026-05-27, 45 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/19243958-how-toxic-food-marketing-affects-child-health-with-kelly-brownell-phd.mp3
- [What Matters for Young Children's Healthy Digital Media Use and Learning? With Rachel Barr, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/f01f5e7f43f1) (2026-05-06, 44 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/19128128-what-matters-for-young-children-s-healthy-digital-media-use-and-learning-with-rachel-barr-phd.mp3
- [Making Social Media Safer: How Lawsuits Are Changing the Game with Matt Bergman](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/00fae5a6185c) (2026-04-15, 43 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/19009671-making-social-media-safer-how-lawsuits-are-changing-the-game-with-matt-bergman.mp3
- [Measuring How Screens Change Young Brains with Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/3e0fa91b6e2c) (2026-03-25, 48 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/18880844-measuring-how-screens-change-young-brains-with-tzipi-horowitz-kraus-phd.mp3
- [Does Age of Smartphone Ownership Affect Child Health? With Ran Barzilay, MD, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/79039fef93d8) (2026-03-04, 52 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/18782660-does-age-of-smartphone-ownership-affect-child-health-with-ran-barzilay-md-phd.mp3
- [The Costs of Youth Attachment to AI Companions with Pilyoung Kim, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/c5eaefe21f91) (2026-02-11, 53 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/18658273-the-costs-of-youth-attachment-to-ai-companions-with-pilyoung-kim-phd.mp3
- [Does AI Help Students Learn? With Adam Dubé, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/9895fa5b435f) (2026-01-21, 48 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/18541483-does-ai-help-students-learn-with-adam-dube-phd.mp3
- [Are You Real? Ethics of AI Chatbots and Characters for Children with Sonia Tiwari, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/0a99260e0a2d) (2025-12-31, 52 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/18427946-are-you-real-ethics-of-ai-chatbots-and-characters-for-children-with-sonia-tiwari-phd.mp3
- [How Phones Are Making Us More Lonely and Addicted with Meredith David, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/35f3c8222c3e) (2025-12-10, 42 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/18326716-how-phones-are-making-us-more-lonely-and-addicted-with-meredith-david-phd.mp3
- [Is My Child Ready for a Smartphone? With Adam Pletter, PsyD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/40e3c2272581) (2025-11-19, 50 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/18212839-is-my-child-ready-for-a-smartphone-with-adam-pletter-psyd.mp3
- [Phones in Schools? What the Research Says with Abe Flanigan, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/6900c04d7cae) (2025-10-29, 53 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/18089444-phones-in-schools-what-the-research-says-with-abe-flanigan-phd.mp3
- [Ditch the Guilt: Media, Stress, and Parent-Child Relationships with Dr. Lara Wolfers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/23f864dd6418) (2025-10-08, 39 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/17972918-ditch-the-guilt-media-stress-and-parent-child-relationships-with-dr-lara-wolfers.mp3
- [Cyberbullying, Sexting, and Building Resilience in Youth with Elizabeth Englander, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/6b83e7c73506) (2025-09-17, 53 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/17855835-cyberbullying-sexting-and-building-resilience-in-youth-with-elizabeth-englander-phd.mp3
- [Early Childhood Mental Health and Screen Use with Joan Luby, MD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/d77a773ff49f) (2025-08-27, 41 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/17737222-early-childhood-mental-health-and-screen-use-with-joan-luby-md.mp3
- [Children's Rights in Digital Safety and Design with Sonia Livingstone](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/4c1124074d4d) (2025-08-06, 50 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/17613125-children-s-rights-in-digital-safety-and-design-with-sonia-livingstone.mp3
- [Reading and Writing Skills in the Age of AI with Naomi Baron, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/93a9fcce36d9) (2025-07-16, 56 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/17491686-reading-and-writing-skills-in-the-age-of-ai-with-naomi-baron-phd.mp3
- [Social Media, Anxiety, and Emotion Regulation in Teens with Sarah Myruski, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/8bab93422e07) (2025-06-25, 51 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/17391302-social-media-anxiety-and-emotion-regulation-in-teens-with-sarah-myruski-phd.mp3
- [The Science of Boredom with James Danckert, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/98422a46ed46) (2025-06-04, 46 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/17268756-the-science-of-boredom-with-james-danckert-phd.mp3
- [Assessing Child Readiness for Tech with Jenny Radesky, MD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/b1b465c80331) (2025-05-14, 62 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/17147424-assessing-child-readiness-for-tech-with-jenny-radesky-md.mp3
- [AI's Impact on Children's Social and Cognitive Development with Ying Xu, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/43155886ff49) (2025-04-23, 50 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/17016260-ai-s-impact-on-children-s-social-and-cognitive-development-with-ying-xu-phd.mp3
- [Neurodivergent Children and Media Use with Meryl Alper, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/8ce909378626) (2025-04-02, 50 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/16899819-neurodivergent-children-and-media-use-with-meryl-alper-phd.mp3
- [Harmful Social Media Algorithms and Children with Imran Ahmed](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/4840069c81b7) (2025-03-12, 51 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/16767330-harmful-social-media-algorithms-and-children-with-imran-ahmed.mp3
- [Video Gaming Effects on Children’s Behavior and Health with Douglas Gentile, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/860fb8b010de) (2025-02-19, 51 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/16647017-video-gaming-effects-on-children-s-behavior-and-health-with-douglas-gentile-phd.mp3
- [Social Media, Mental Health, and Adolescent Social Dynamics with Mitch Prinstein, PhD, ABPP](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/fa640cd9bf37) (2025-01-29, 43 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/16519205-social-media-mental-health-and-adolescent-social-dynamics-with-mitch-prinstein-phd-abpp.mp3
- [Language Development, Learning, and Play in Early Childhood with Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/e0a4efff2939) (2025-01-08, 50 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/16393619-language-development-learning-and-play-in-early-childhood-with-kathy-hirsh-pasek-phd.mp3
- [Adolescent Health, Body Image/Eating Disorders and Media Use with Jason Nagata, MD, MSc](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/93cb8b8a7b6a) (2024-12-18, 41 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/16297337-adolescent-health-body-image-eating-disorders-and-media-use-with-jason-nagata-md-msc.mp3
- [Young Child Learning, Attention, and Screen Use with Heather Kirkorian, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/29db2d3e4318) (2024-11-27, 34 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/16158696-young-child-learning-attention-and-screen-use-with-heather-kirkorian-phd.mp3
- [Introducing the Screen Deep Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/4830843de33e) (2024-11-20, 2 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/16137948-introducing-the-screen-deep-podcast.mp3
- [Parent Media Use, Technoference, and Its Effects on Children with Brandon McDaniel, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/3315bedaf997) (2024-11-06, 44 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/16053639-parent-media-use-technoference-and-its-effects-on-children-with-brandon-mcdaniel-phd.mp3
- [The Neuroscience of Adolescent Digital and Behavioral Addictions with Dr. Marc Potenza](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/8b9879b7a543) (2024-10-16, 41 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/15933737-the-neuroscience-of-adolescent-digital-and-behavioral-addictions-with-dr-marc-potenza.mp3
- [Adolescent Brain Development and Social Media Use with Eva Telzer, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/43a9b5e1ca8c) (2024-09-25, 44 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/15810648-adolescent-brain-development-and-social-media-use-with-eva-telzer-phd.mp3
- [Screen Time and Sleep - Quality, Quantity, and Context with Lauren Hale, PhD](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/1a4dec6de503) (2024-09-24, 47 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/15810427-screen-time-and-sleep-quality-quantity-and-context-with-lauren-hale-phd.mp3
- [Early Childhood Development and Screen Use with Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1770380137/a635031a46aa) (2024-09-24, 40 min): audio https://www.buzzsprout.com/2404374/episodes/15809670-early-childhood-development-and-screen-use-with-dimitri-christakis-md-mph.mp3

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