{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5d49d0976eab613b6230c51c/5fda5aefcdd6904884390b20?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why Are We Bored? (with John Eastwood)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5d49d0976eab613b6230c51c/1608143100687-5a84ed95255f76746be137d66270e30a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>You're mindlessly scrolling through your phone, holding the entirety of the internet in your hand, but you're still bored out of your gourd. Why? And what can you do about it?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, David Yokum sits down with <a href=\"http://boredomlab.org/people/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">John Eastwood</a>, co-author of <a href=\"https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674984677\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom</em></a><em> </em>and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at York University to discuss his research on boredom and its association with the unengaged mind.</p>","author_name":"The Policy Lab"}