{"podcast":{"title":"Marketplace Tech","slug":"marketplace-tech-318132","podcast_index_feed_id":318132,"rss_url":"https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/marketplace-tech","website_url":"https://www.marketplace.org/","image_url":"https://img.apmcdn.org/af5db80cfdc39c7440ad974f15e6e23fe14d9f5c/square/834af0-20250303-marketplace-tech-2000.jpg","author":"Marketplace","episode_count":150,"summary":"Monday through Friday, Marketplace demystifies the digital economy in less than 10 minutes. We look past the hype and ask tough questions about an industry that's constantly changing.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T20:22:45.892637+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-tech-318132"},"episode":{"title":"The cost of digitally disconnecting","slug":"the-cost-of-digitally-disconnecting","published_at":"2026-09-22T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-tech-318132/the-cost-of-digitally-disconnecting","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-tech-318132","url":"https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2026/09/22/the-cost-of-digitally-disconnecting","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/VnCzW2iO9G8z4eDWfXCd/play.publicradio.org/podcast/o/marketplace/tech_report/2026/09/22/tech_20260922_0922_MP_TECH_pod_128.mp3?awCollectionId=mkp-MKPtech&awEpisodeId=01M327EDPX91XF504JP5Z6CVA1","summary":"Sure, you can put down your phone and go touch grass for free. But for those looking for a little help committing to a more disconnected lifestyle, there's a growing market of products and services from retreats to apps to devices that promise to supercharge your ability to unplug — for a price. Paula Mejia has covered the booming digital detox industry for Mother Jones, and spoke with “Marketplace Tech” host Meghan McCarty Carino about her reporting. More on this: “ Adventures in Unplugging ” from Mother Jones “Meta to pay up to $18bn to settle claims its platforms harm children” from BBC9","meta_description":"Sure, you can put down your phone and go touch grass for free. But for those looking for a little help committing to a more disconnected lifestyle, there'…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":531,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/marketplace-tech-318132/episodes/the-cost-of-digitally-disconnecting/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marketplace-tech-318132/the-cost-of-digitally-disconnecting.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}