Hi, we've got three stories from curiosity.com, plus a special guest to help you get smarter in just a few minutes.

I'm Cody Gough.

And I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn about the benefits of having some device-free quiet time, the real history of the Freemasons, and how

volcanoes in space can change the way we look at our universe.

We'll wrap up today's episode with a sprinkle of curiosity where we have a special

guest dig into a question from an awesome

listener like you. Today's question comes from Sarah in Florida who wants to

know what does science say is truly the healthiest diet? Is there a consensus?

Great question. We'll get some answers from Dr Michael Greger,

internationally renowned nutrition expert,

physician and founder of nutrition facts.org.

Let's satisfy some curiosity.

Cody, did you ever set aside quiet time like no interruptions from your phone or other devices?

I don't set it aside, but occasionally I literally get home and I just sit on the couch and just don't do anything.

It's good. Like anything, like kind of stare off into space.

Yeah.

It's almost not good because it's so anti doing anything.

But I think sometimes your brain just needs

to be able to reset.

Yeah, well you take that time for yourself when you're running and stuff, right?

I do, but you know sometimes I'm still very connected when I'm running because I usually have a podcast or music I'm listening to and I'll have my

garmon watch you know that's like connected to my phone and a lot of runners say that you should go on a few runs without any devices and I haven't done that actually I mean not recently well you might want to start taking a break from your emails, your texts, your phone calls,

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