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Author Writes About When We Become Obsessed With Our Smartphones

We use our smartphones all … the … time. You’re probably using one right now, as you’re listening to this.

Pretty much any time we have a spare nanosecond, that phone comes out of our pockets, and we check something. But, at what cost?

Nancy Colier has been studying this. She’s a psychotherapist based in New York City and author of "The Power of Off: The Mindful Way to Stay Sane in a Virtual World."

Colier discusses when did it happen that we all became so obsessed with our smartphones.

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Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.