# How 5 minutes of movement can change your life Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123/how-5-minutes-of-movement-can-change-your-life Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123/how-5-minutes-of-movement-can-change-your-life.md Podcast: [Up First from NPR](https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123) Published: 2026-05-31T07:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-5-minutes-of-movement-can-change-your-life--72259562 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72259562/default.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/up-first-from-npr-7816123/episodes/how-5-minutes-of-movement-can-change-your-life Duration seconds: 1452 ## Resource Scientists say that sitting is the new smoking. The average American adult now sits for 9-10 hours per day. What’s the least amount of movement someone can do to offset the harms of our modern sedentary lifestyle? Manoush Zomorodi, host of NPR’s TED Radio Hour podcast, has spent the last several years trying to answer that question. After collaborating with Columbia University Medical Center on a major study, she brings Ayesha the answer. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy πŸ”— ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: πŸ“© Get the full transcript and daily news alerts: πŸ‘‰ https://goo.su/rXoU5U8 πŸ‘ˆ πŸ“Œ Support the show by visiting our sponsors and partners. 🎧 New episodes every morning at 6 AM ET. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/up-first-from-npr-7816123/episodes/how-5-minutes-of-movement-can-change-your-life/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-first-from-npr-7816123/how-5-minutes-of-movement-can-change-your-life.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.