Allison Parshall

We're going to share the cover story of every issue of Scientific American read aloud.

Today's episode is friend of the pod, Allison Parshall, reading her November cover story.

Enjoy.

This is Allison Parshall.

I wrote the cover story, "Escaping the Infinite Scroll: We're Addicted to Social Media.

How Do We Get Sober?" for Scientific American's November 2026 issue.

But some people are taking things a step further by treating screen addiction with the same kind of programming traditionally reserved for substance abuse.

Scientific American associate editor Allison Parshall explored the new frontier of screen addiction in a feature for the latest issue of the magazine.

She's here to tell us what she's learned about our dependence on technology and what we can do to take back control.

Alison, thanks so much for coming on to chat.