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If Our Bodies Could Talk

Living Simply With a Flip Phone

Jun 18, 2015 | 58 videos
Video by The Atlantic

The promise of constant contact isn't good for all relationships. For Judith Goudsmit, a young New Yorker with no desire for a smartphone, the flip phone offers reprieve. She tells her increasingly rare story in this episode of If Our Bodies Could Talk.

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Authors: James Hamblin, Katherine Wells, Nicolas Pollock, Chiara Atik

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