Podcast Episodes featuring Adam Alter

085: The Rise of Addictive Technology and How to Reclaim Your Time with Adam Alter

Punk Rock HR - November 25, 2019 09:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 103 ratings
Let’s Fix Work Episode 85 If you've ever parked your car, decided to check Twitter, and 10 minutes later you were still in your car or if you have ever woken up in the morning, only to check your Smartphone and think What the hell am I doing? you're not alone. I’ve just described myself. At ti...

54. Adam Alter Helps You Manage Your Screen Addiction

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy - October 24, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 898 ratings
Adam Alter, author of Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked, stops by to talk about screen and tech addiction. He and Bridget discuss the billions of dollars that go into keeping us looking at our screens, from game app design to, story formatting, t...

Adam Alter on how to kick mobile phone addiction, how to overcome stuck points, and why he doesn't set goals.

How I Work - June 26, 2019 20:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 120 ratings
My guest today is Adam Alter. Adam is an Associate Professor of Marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business. Adam is the New York Times bestselling author of two books: Irresistible, which considers why so many people today are addicted to so many behaviors, from incessant smart p...

CM 107: Adam Alter – Are We Addicted to Our Technology?

Curious Minds at Work - June 17, 2018 04:04 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 439 ratings
Tech addictions don’t just happen to certain kinds of people. Increasingly we’re finding they can happen to any of us. In today’s technology-rich world, many of us check our phones obsessively, binge watch television programs and pour over social media. Author and New York University Professor ...

Episode #211: The Rise of Tech Addiction with Adam Alter

Future Squared with Steve Glaveski - January 25, 2018 18:15 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 13 ratings
Welcome to Future Squared for episode #211, our first guest interview of the year. I’m absolutely psyched to be bringing you Adam Alter.   Adam is an Associate Professor of Marketing and Psychology at New York University’s Stern School of Business, and the author of Drunk Tank Pink, a New Yo...

Nir Eyal Interview with Adam Alter Author of Irresistible-Nir&Far

Nir And Far: Business, Behaviour and the Brain - August 21, 2017 12:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 76 ratings
Nir Eyal interviews author of Irresistible. Nir & Far, a podcast about business, behaviour and the brain by Nir Eyal. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe on iTunes and leave an iTunes review. It will greatly help new listeners discover the show. Please visit my website Nir and Far for o...

Obsessions, Addictions and Compulsions | Adam Alter on the danger of irresistible technology

The Tony Robbins Podcast - August 10, 2017 19:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 6.1K ratings
Did you know that the average American checks email within 6 seconds of arriving at work? Or that 75% of adults say they spend the entire day within an arm’s reach of their phones? Whether we want to admit it or not, the smartphone has become a critical extension of our lives. And it’s easy to...

PPP 177 | Why We Can't Look Away From Our Devices, with author Adam Alter

People and Projects Podcast: Project Management Podcast - May 16, 2017 01:40 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 152 ratings
Do You Know Where Your Phone Is? Most leaders these days know the answer to that question. Of course we know where our mobile devices are! And if we didn't, we might be at risk of nomophobia! But the reason this question is easy is that too often, the device is in front of our face! And our ad...

Adam Alter: Tech Addiction or Healthy Obsession?

Good Life Project - May 01, 2017 07:01 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.9K ratings
How do you know if you're addicted to your phone? Or maybe your favorite game, app, text, snapchat, Instagram, Facebook or online shopping? Is it even possible to be truly addicted to these things? You know, like on the level of drugs? Or are we all just being a bit too alarmist? Where is the ...

93. Adam Alter (Social Psychologist) – Ping!

Think Again – a Big Think Podcast - April 08, 2017 10:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 556 ratings
Since 2008, Big Think has been sharing big ideas from creative and curious minds. The Think Again podcast takes us out of our comfort zone, surprising our guests and Jason Gots, your host, with unexpected conversation starters from Big Think’s interview archives. Adam Alter is the author of the N...

029 - Labels - Adam Alter

You Are Not So Smart - August 01, 2014 04:38 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.6K ratings
I did something this week that I’m sure many people secretly do every day. I stopped, talked to myself for a moment, and checked to see how much slack was in the leash I keep on my tongue. I was reminded that I need to do that from time to time, or at least I believe that I do, by a bit of news...