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Hold Me Back Podcast: Social Media
Social Media is no longer just a "thing teens are into" - it's become the primary portal into Gen Z's lives, and the metaverse in which they experience every aspect of their world. In this episode of Hold Me Back,Aidan and Ash explore the dangers and wonders of these social networks, including how parents and teens should approach them differently, in a candid interview with Carrie Kerpen, a bestselling author and CEO of the most prominent social media consultancy in the country.
Hold Me Back Podcast: Grades
In this immensely emotional and raw episode of Hold Me Back, Ash and Aidan openly and honestly tackle a topic that's caused turmoil in their own household, and is a daily dinner table topic for millions of families - Grades.
Hold Me Back Podcast: Bonus Sports Episode
Join Aidan and Ash as they take a break from debating the heady issues facing our generations, and tackle an even more important question - is Tom Brady the undisputed GOAT? During this extensive interview on Hold Me Back with his father, who's been studying Brady and the Patriots for decades, Aidan discovers that perhaps we’ve been looking at the Brady debate all wrong.
Hold Me Back Podcast: Mom’s Perspective
Is there anything harder than raising a teenager in today's world? In this episode of Hold Me Back, Ash and Aidan get mom's perspective from the two co-founders of Your Teen Media, a leading platform for information and advice on raising teenagers.
Hold Me Back Podcast: Critical Thinking
In Part 2 of this Hold Me Back podcast episode, Aidan and Ash explore how we might overcome our biases and motivated reasoning - the cause of the divisiveness - by bringing back rational dialogue and critical thinking.
Hold Me Back Podcast: Battling Misinformation, with Guest Dr. Alex Lickerman, M.D.
In this two-part episode of the Hold Me Back podcast, Ash and Aidan discuss the biggest threat to Gen-Z: the erosion of critical thinking due to the digital world. They debate what's been called an "epidemic of cognitive contagion" in terms of misinformation with no end in sight.
Hold Me Back Podcast: Content
With practically unlimited access to a world of unfiltered content, real or fiction, do parents need to fundamentally rethink how they monitor and control their children's access to content? Do they have to start over with well-established content rating systems to account for this new reality?
Hold Me Back Podcast: Privacy
Should I be reading my teenager's texts? Why are so many children opposed to apps that monitor their location? Aidan and Ash explore a topic that's becoming increasingly challenging to navigate in the new digital age - setting appropriate boundaries when it comes to adolescent privacy “invasion.”