Earsay: The Audible and iHeart Audiobook Club
Jul 16, 2026 · 41 min · 23 segments
This week, we're sharing an episode from Kal's other podcast, *Here We Go Again With Kal Penn*, all about brain rot and how to fight back. Manoush Zomorodi is a journalist and host of TED Radio Hour…
Manoush ZomorodiGuest
Kal PennHost
I'm Manoush Zomorodi and I've been a journalist for decades, or I will say I am Manoush Zomorodi and I am trying to figure out how technology is changing your body, your brain, and your behavior.
... our listeners, landmark decision in a Los Angeles jury found that Meta, Instagram, uh, and YouTube were responsible for designing platforms that were intentionally meant to be addictive and harmful to kids.
And I guess as a journalist who's been studying how technology impacts humans, what was your initial reaction to this lawsuit, and, and what did it mean to you?
I mean, I was kinda shocked, to be honest, because as you know, we have seen no movement in Congress regarding putting parameters around any of the tech companies, what they are able to do.
And part of that has been because there's this debate over the First Amendment and Section 230, right? This idea that, like, we're platforms.
So what the lawyers did is they had a really interesting tactic, was what, like, as you said, they looked at the design, like infinite scroll, algorithmically deciding what you see based on what you tell them, sort of personalizing the feed to the point the prosecutors argued that people were becoming addicted, that they were, it was a, a consumer hazard-
I'm Manoush Zomorodi and I've been a journalist for decades, or I will say I am Manoush Zomorodi and I am trying to figure out how technology is changing your body, your brain, and your behavior.
... our listeners, landmark decision in a Los Angeles jury found that Meta, Instagram, uh, and YouTube were responsible for designing platforms that were intentionally meant to be addictive and harmful to kids.
And I guess as a journalist who's been studying how technology impacts humans, what was your initial reaction to this lawsuit, and, and what did it mean to you?
I mean, I was kinda shocked, to be honest, because as you know, we have seen no movement in Congress regarding putting parameters around any of the tech companies, what they are able to do.
And part of that has been because there's this debate over the First Amendment and Section 230, right? This idea that, like, we're platforms.
So what the lawyers did is they had a really interesting tactic, was what, like, as you said, they looked at the design, like infinite scroll, algorithmically deciding what you see based on what you tell them, sort of personalizing the feed to the point the prosecutors argued that people were becoming addicted, that they were, it was a, a consumer hazard-
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