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Kathryn Jezer-Morton joins Geoff Bennett on On 'Settle In'

Season 2026 Episode 213 | 4m 38s

Social media lets us share our lives with family, friends, and strangers. But how do people decide what to post, what to leave out, and what do those decisions say about them? On "Settle In," Geoff Bennett discusses that with Kathryn Jezer-Morton, author of "The Story of Your Life," a new book about how the incentives of social media platforms have narrowed the kinds of stories we tell.

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