Is your family living together—or just sharing WiFi under the same roof?
In this episode of the Broken Traditions Podcast, Leron Gaskins breaks down how digital overload is quietly rewiring your family dynamics. From kids addicted to screens, to couples becoming strangers in the same bed, to homes filled with short tempers and constant scrolling—this conversation pulls back the curtain on what our devices are really doing to us.
X (formerly Twitter) just rolled out a new “About This Account” feature that shows where an account was created and where it’s based — and it’s exposing a LOT of fake political accounts, rage-bait farms, and bots hiding behind American flags.
In this episode of the Broken Traditions Podcast, I break down why X showing account locations is actually a net positive, how foreign bot farms have been manipulating Americans for profit, and how this “rage economy” keeps you digitally incarcerated without you even knowing it.
We’re living in a world where more drivers are scrolling than steering — and it’s killing our focus, our awareness, and in too many cases… our lives.
In this episode of Broken Traditions, I expose the real reason distracted driving is exploding across America: phone addiction and the dopamine hits we can’t resist behind the wheel.
This isn’t just about texting while driving anymore.
We’ve moved into a new era of full-blown content consumption while driving — TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and endless doomscrolling. And the numbers prove it:
📉 3,275 people killed in 2023 from distracted drivers
📉 324,819 injured because someone looked at their phone
📉 Countless near-misses that never get reported
In this episode, I break down:
✔️ The rise of scrolling behind the wheel
✔️ Why dopamine overrides danger signals in the brain
✔️ How phone addiction rewires our attention span
✔️ Phantom notifications & compulsive checking
✔️ The biggest lies we tell ourselves while driving
✔️ Why American culture makes this addiction worse
✔️ Real stories of distracted driving
✔️ How to break this dangerous habit for good
You’ll also learn practical steps to make driving safe again — from using Do Not Disturb, to setting up your driving environment, to identifying triggers, to breaking the “hand-to-phone reflex.”
The pandemic ended… but the effects of screens, phones, and digital overload never did.
In this episode of the Broken Traditions Podcast, we break down how life after lockdown quietly turned us into a screen-dependent society — and why so many people now struggle with anxiety, chronic fatigue, eye strain, attention problems, sleep disruption, and feeling disconnected from each other.
We survived 2020…
But mentally, physically, emotionally, and socially — many of us never recovered.
🔥 In this episode, we explore:
• How the pandemic rewired our brains
• Why screen time exploded during lockdown
• The collapse of our attention span after 2020
• The rise of anxiety, burnout, and digital fatigue
• Blue light + sleep disruption
• Chronic fatigue and mental fog
• Eye strain and migraines from close-up screens
• Screen-first dating and the fall of real connection
• Sedentary lifestyle and the physical toll of staying inside
• How to break the post-pandemic digital cycle
Whether you're feeling tired all the time, struggling to focus, doomscrolling at night, or noticing relationship changes — this episode will help you understand why… and how to take your life back from your devices.
Porn Is a Bigger Problem Than We Know (w/ Lenny Bradley) @purposoverpension
This raw, practical conversation digs into artificial intimacy, easy access via phones, and how porn use becomes a coping mechanism tied to unresolved trauma. Former NYPD officer and Purpose Over Pension host Lenny Bradley shares how community, faith, and structure helped him break the cycle—and why isolation is the playground for sexual impurity. If your screen has become your escape, this episode gives you language, tools, and next steps.
We scroll to fill every quiet moment—then wonder why our minds feel fried. In this episode of Broken Traditions, Leron shares how a phone-free run and silent drives led to more clarity, better ideas, and deeper family connection. We break down the science of boredom—how it boosts creativity, acts as a mental reset from digital overstimulation, and helps you realign with purpose. We also talk balance: when boredom turns toxic and how to keep it healthy.
You’ll learn simple practices—silent walks, wakeful rest, family no-device blocks—that help you reclaim attention and creativity.
Have you noticed your friends’ posts have vanished from your feed?
You scroll through Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok — but the people you actually know are nowhere to be found.
In this episode of The Broken Traditions Podcast, host Leron Gaskins breaks down why your friends’ posts are disappearing, and how every major social-media platform quietly replaced your “friends feed” with an algorithmic For You feed.
Using clips from Cal Newport and Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri, plus real-world insights from Shawn Haynes and Jamel Harden, Leron explains how the shift from social graph → interest graph changed the internet — and what you can do to reconnect with the people who actually matter.
OpenAI’s Sora 2 is changing content creation — but not for the better.
This episode of The Broken Traditions Podcast with Leron Gaskins dives into the dark side of AI videos that recreate the faces and voices of the dead — from Martin Luther King Jr. and Robin Williams to Kobe Bryant and 2Pac.
Leron explains how these clips are disrespectful, deeply convincing, and dangerous in a world where most viewers no longer pause to question what they see online.
Through examples of fake posts and viral deepfakes, he unpacks why critical thinking is collapsing — and how we can build digital discipline before truth disappears for good.
Have you ever been in the same room with your partner — but felt completely alone?
In this episode of Broken Traditions, we dive deep into how overconsumption of our phones is quietly destroying intimacy, communication, and trust in relationships.
From “phubbing” (phone snubbing) and technoference (technology interference) to the comparison traps on social media, this episode breaks down how smartphones have become the digital third wheel in modern relationships.
Using expert insights, emotional storytelling, and data-driven research, Leron explores:
How phones are replacing genuine connection with digital distraction
Why social media comparison is making relationships feel broken
The psychological impact of phone use in bed
Actionable steps from The Digital Release to start your relational digital detox
💬 Topics Covered:
Phubbing & relationship breakdowns
Technoference and emotional distance
Social media comparison & jealousy
Digital detox solutions for couples
📘 Featured Study References:
Utah State University: Smartphone use linked to less quality time & more anxiety
Institute for Family Studies: Phone habits tied to 20% lower relationship satisfaction
StudyFinds (2023): 75% of adults bring phones to bed, reducing intimacy
Harvard Business Review (2022): Screen limits boost focus & relationship productivity
🎧 Watch. Reflect. Reconnect.
Because love deserves more attention than your notifications.
We all carry a prison in our pocket — our phones. At Broken Traditions with Leron Gaskins, I call this digital incarceration. Every week, I break down how social media overconsumption, doomscrolling, and phone addiction are silently shaping our lives — and what we can do to break free.
This isn’t about quitting social media. It’s about controlling it before it controls you.
I’m deleting Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Threads, X, and even YouTube Studio from my phone for 30 days. Why? Because as a creator, I realized I wasn’t just a consumer of social media anymore — I was stuck in digital incarceration. Like Lupe Fiasco said in Prisoner 1 & 2, the officer is a prisoner too.
In Episode 005 of The Broken Traditions Podcast with Leron Gaskins, I break down the hidden mental toll of analytics, the rise of creator burnout, and why even content creators need therapy to handle the stress of likes, comments, and engagement. I’ll also reveal my personal 30-day detox plan and how you can follow along with my daily video journals on Patreon (Free For 7 Days) and YouTube Memberships.