Is watching the news on TV stressing you out? You're not alone. In this episode, Daniel Stih explores how constant exposure to negative headlines can damage your health—raising stress, blood pressure, and even anxiety levels. Cutting out the news isn’t the answer either.
Daniel shares a powerful solution: how to filter the noise and stay informed on your terms. Learn how to set up curated alerts, RSS feeds, and email digests that only notify you about events and topics that matter most to you—like natural disasters or local emergencies—while filtering out what you don’t want in your mental space, like war, taxes, and violence.
This is about reclaiming clarity, peace of mind, and control over the information you allow into your life.
Show Notes – Stay Informed Without the Stress
Here are the tools and resources mentioned in this episode to help you stay updated without watching the news or getting overwhelmed:
🔔 Custom Alerts
- Google Alerts – Get email notifications only when your chosen topics appear in the news.
📨 Curated News Emails
- 1440 – A nonpartisan daily news summary covering politics, business, culture, and science.
- The Skimm – A lifestyle-friendly daily digest of major news stories.
- Axios AM – Morning news focused on business, politics, and tech.
📚 Filtered News Readers
- Feedly – Follow trusted sources and mute unwanted topics (e.g., “war,” “celebrity,” “taxes”).
📰 News Aggregators with Bias Transparency
- AllSides – See how different outlets report the same story, with political bias labels.
- Ground News – Shows bias and media coverage breakdowns across the political spectrum.
🚨 Local Emergency Alerts
- Citizen App – Real-time alerts about local emergencies, crimes, and safety threats.
- Nextdoor – Stay informed about what’s happening in your neighborhood.
💬 Got a favorite tool or tip I missed?
If you use an app, website, or service that helps you stay informed while filtering out the noise, drop it in the comments for this episode!
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