One practice used by some folks is downshifting during evenings or relaxation times from viewing screens to one of the oldest pastimes: listening to stories. Through podcasts, music, and other recordings, many people have gone back nearly a century to times when great-great-grandparents listened to news and entertainment on the only technology available at home, radio broadcasts.

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