{"podcast":{"title":"The Zack Arnold Podcast","slug":"the-zack-arnold-podcast-1048782","podcast_index_feed_id":1048782,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/3d41cbb8-d093-4c61-aaac-99f8b3db1daf","website_url":"https://zackarnold.com/podcast","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2025/5/1/13/e7f6f2d3-a002-4461-98ca-5a5a30213314_743-2efe8661c570_opt_podcast_artwork-1400x1400.jpg","author":"Zack Arnold","episode_count":582,"summary":"If you want to make things that matter, I want to help you. And if you've built your entire career around your creativity, you too may be asking: Is there a future for us? Or is it game over? I don't know what the future holds, but I do promise few are more dedicated to helping us find the answers than I am.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T04:17:20.700032+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-zack-arnold-podcast-1048782"},"episode":{"title":"You don't need a flip phone. You need a philosophy.","slug":"you-don-t-need-a-flip-phone-you-need-a-philosophy","published_at":"2025-11-24T14:00:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-zack-arnold-podcast-1048782/you-don-t-need-a-flip-phone-you-need-a-philosophy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-zack-arnold-podcast-1048782","url":"https://zackarnold.com/podcast","audio_url":"https://audio2.redcircle.com/episodes/276250fd-fc8c-4548-abe7-2e297dcc63ec/stream.mp3","summary":"In this mini-episode, I unpack my 2198-word “old man yells at cloud” rant about how algorithms are the new cigarettes , diving into the sighs, huzzahs, and head scratches it sparked while exploring our global dilemma of knowing social media is engineered to farm our attention and fuel tribalism, rage, envy, jealousy, shame, inadequacy, and over-consumption, yet still relying on it for community, connection, and “what’s the haps,” leading into my mission for part two of this series where I break down how I’m reshaping my relationship with technology as a content consumer through my rules, boundaries, and guardrails rooted in digital essentialism so I can extract genuine value without this toxic ecosystem costing me my soul. If you enjoyed this article and you don't want to miss my future essays, my actionable insights, and my soapbox rants about navigating the world as analog humans in today's digital hellscape, make sure to subscribe at zackarnold.com/substack .","meta_description":"In this mini-episode, I unpack my 2198-word “old man yells at cloud” rant about how algorithms are the new cigarettes , diving into the sighs, huzzahs, an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1055,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-zack-arnold-podcast-1048782/episodes/you-don-t-need-a-flip-phone-you-need-a-philosophy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-zack-arnold-podcast-1048782/you-don-t-need-a-flip-phone-you-need-a-philosophy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}