Digital Detox and the Great Unscroll

Fill To Capacity (Where Heart, Grit and Irreverent Humor Collide)

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In a world wired for breaking news and dopamine scrolling, writer and dad-of-two, Jason Bartz, did the unthinkable- he ditched his smartphone for a dumb phone. Not as a gimmick, but as a line in the sand — for his time, his kids, and his sanity.

Jason takes us into the raw aftermath of stepping off the digital treadmill: the awkward boredom, the unexpected quiet, and the intense way the world starts to show up again — on a run, at the dinner table, in the small, ordinary moments with his kids. He brings us into a bare-bones world where film cameras slow your pulse, fewer choices open more space, and presence stops being a luxury.

We also get into the hard stuff: data mining, kids’ apps, and how to model balance in a culture that pushes “more screen, more now.

If you’ve ever looked up from your screen and thought, “I need a reset” this conversation is your nudge to try something different.

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1. From Off-The-Clock To Always On (00:00:00)

2. Meet Jason And The Dumb Phone Leap (00:03:17)

3. Work, Family, And The Tethered Mind (00:05:04)

4. Streaming For The Distracted Brain (00:07:37)

5. Reclaiming Time And The Value Of Boredom (00:09:22)

6. Running Without AirPods, Thinking Deeper (00:12:15)

7. Seeing Your World Again (00:16:30)

8. The Bowed Head Epidemic (00:18:15)

9. Presence Over Proof: Rethinking Photos (00:20:49)

10. I Post, Therefore I Am (00:25:37)

11. The Slow Movement, Then And Now (00:28:33)

12. Slow Living Habits That Stick (00:32:22)

13. Navigating Without GPS And Relearning Place (00:36:12)

14. Parenting, Phones, And Modeling Balance (00:39:46)

15. Data Mining And Digital Consent (00:43:16)

16. First Steps Toward A Saner Screen Life (00:46:32)