Shares on Wall Street open higher after record close

Why did our friends start sharing their location?

Katty Kay and Thomas Germain on how location sharing has become so normalised among friends and families.

Why we might be getting the birth rate panic wrong again

Demographer Jennifer Sciubba explains why fears of overpopulation became fears about birth rates – and why both panics may have got it wrong.

Your kid’s next best friend might not be human

Kevin Roose discusses with Katty why so many teens are confiding in AI and what that means for human friendships.

Lifespan keeps rising. But healthspan may matter more.

Dr. Eric Topol on how society’s push to live longer could distract from the importance of living healthier.

Is there any proof that scrolling ruins our attention span?

Journalist Joss Fong joins Katty to discuss whether phones, social media, and algorithms are really making our attention spans worse.

Parents have jobs. So why are school days still so short?

Economist Betsey Stevenson considers why many school schedules haven’t become longer, even though more parents have full‑time jobs.

Are landline phones making a comeback?

Some young people are trying to revive the landline phone for the digital era. Creator Cat Goetze explains what it’s all about.

Social media runs on rage, Pinterest says it doesn’t have to

Katty Kay asks Pinterest’s CEO if social media can move beyond outrage and what it would take to fix our feeds.

Young people say they feel lost. What’s happening?

Katty Kay speaks to an expert about why large numbers of young adults say they’re struggling to find purpose in life.

OnlyFans, loneliness, and the rise of explicit direct messages

Katty Kay speaks to writer and podcaster Ed Elson about the adult content industry’s pivot to direct messaging.

Grandparents are glued to their phones, families are worried

Charlie Warzel on rising screen time among some older adults and whether their kids should be worried.

Who can afford an offline childhood?

Katty Kay with Róisín Lanigan discuss why some parents are pulling their kids off technology.

Are women with kids happier?

Katty Kay and Jean Twenge unpack a survey about the links between motherhood and happiness.

America is running out of teenagers, colleges are worried

Katty Kay speaks to Nathan Grawe about a looming demographic cliff that could reshape American higher education.

What happens when wives outearn their husbands?

Katty Kay speaks with author Liza Mundy about how relationships change when women start earning more than men.