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Is your mobile phone the best or worst friend you’ve ever had?

Today asks teenagers to give up their phones for half term, but could you do the same?

Over half term this week Radio 4’s Today is conducting an exciting experiment: asking teenagers to abandon their smartphones for a week.

On the podcast Amol discusses the monumental impact the smartphone has had on our lives and what the future of the smartphone might be with Professor Jim Ang, an expert in Human-Computer interaction, and digital regulation campaigner Baroness Beeban Kidron.

Amol also takes a moment to pay tribute to his friend, former ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ executive Alan Yentob, who died last weekend.

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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson who are both presenters of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4’s Today programme. Amol was the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s media editor for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he’s also the current presenter of University Challenge.

Nick has presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s political editor for ten years before that and also previously worked as ITV’s political editor.

This episode was made by Tom Smithard with Izzy Rowley. Digital production was by Izzy Rowley. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The editor is Louisa Lewis. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.

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