Paper and Smoke: A Technologist's Journey Through Digital Detox

Paper and Smoke: A Technologist's Journey Through Digital Detox

Joe Casabona

Episodes 7
Avg. Duration 14m
Activity Declining
Since Dec 2025
Latest Episode Feb 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
50%
Hosting
api.substack.com

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About This Podcast

This is a closer look at how real-world craft happens, through the lens of a technologist going through digital detox. In a society increasingly online (and outsourcing thinking to AI), Paper and Smoke celebrates the real, the tangible, and the analog.

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Recent Episodes

Why I'm Buying Music Again in 2026

Feb 25, 2026 11m

I bought an MP3 player for my daughter.That sent me down a rabbit hole of downloading old purchases, ripping CDs, and realizing I don’t actually own most of the music I’ve paid for.It started with…

Stop telling yourself you can't be without your phone.

Jan 24, 2026 12m

Someone recently told me that they can’t leave the house without their phone. I call Bull.We’ve been reprogrammed to thing we need it at all times. Even my parents, who spent almost as much of their…

What I Learned from the Book From Silk to Silicon

Jan 11, 2026 16m

I finished reading FROM SILK TO SILICON: The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives by Jeffrey E. Garten and enjoyed it.He tells (as you might surmise) the story of how we became a…

2026: The Year of Digital Detox

Jan 09, 2026 29m Bonus

There comes a time in everyone’s life when they’ve consumed too much of something, and they find the very notion of consuming more sickening. This is the very basis for my yearly theme. 2025 was…

The Rabbit Hole of Futility

Jan 04, 2026 18m

It’s likely a coincidence that the best quarter in my business was also the quarter where I left nearly all social media behind. The truth is that it’s been a gradual process that started when I left…

On Generosity: My Favorite Christmas Story

Dec 20, 2025 6m

I knew from a young age, I wanted to play the drums. I got my first small kit when I was five, and when my friends and I started a "band," heavy quotes, I played paint buckets. When I was 15 years…

Welcome to Paper and Smoke

Dec 08, 2025 3m Trailer

I am no Luddite. I have three pieces of technology that monitor my health and wellness. I’ve come to rely on many devices.That is why I am doing a digital detox.This is Paper and Smoke. It’s a look…

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Paper and Smoke: A Technologist's Journey Through Digital Detox has published 7 episodes since December 2025, covering topics in Education, Philosophy.

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Paper and Smoke: A Technologist's Journey Through Digital Detox is currently declining with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 14m.

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