Could you go a day without your phone?

We use our smartphones for everything: Messaging, calling, playing games, getting a ride, listening to podcasts (ahem) ...

But what if someone took away your smartphone for 24 hours? Would your day be any different?

On the latest episode of Too Embarrassed to Ask, The Verge's Lauren Goode says the answer is a definitive yes. She deprived herself of her iPhone for (gasp!) a full day and discussed how that experiment affected her routine with Recode's Kara Swisher.

For example: On her experiment day, phone-less Lauren was driving down a main street in Silicon Valley when she spotted a person on the side of the road.

"I thought, 'That's weird, there's something crumpled on the side of the road,'" Lauren said. "As I neared, I said, 'Oh my goodness, that is actually a person.' The first thing I did was reach behind me into the bag in my car, to try and grab my phone. Fortunately, two other people pulled over and started helping this person."

Kara and Lauren also shared and reacted to our readers' and listeners' thoughts about smartphone deprivation. To hear the whole discussion, listen to Too Embarrassed to Ask in the audio player above, or subscribe on iTunes, Google Play Music, TuneIn or Stitcher.

Thank you to Jason, Jack, Jill, Stephanie, Avi, Shayndi, Rohit, Kay and everyone else who sent in their thoughts about a day without smartphones. You can tweet your questions, comments and complaints about any tech topic to @LaurenGoode with the hashtag #TooEmbarrassed. And be sure to follow Lauren, @KaraSwisher and @Recode to get alerted when we're looking for questions about a specific topic.

If you like this show, you should also check out our other podcasts:

• Recode Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with the movers and shakers in tech and media every Monday. You can subscribe on iTunes, Google Play Music, TuneIn and Stitcher.
• Recode Media with Peter Kafka features no-nonsense conversations with the smartest and most interesting people in the media world, with new episodes every Thursday. Use these links to subscribe on iTunes, Google Play Music, TuneIn and Stitcher.
• And finally, Recode Replay has all the audio from our live events such as this week's Code Conference, Recode Media and the Code Commerce Series. Subscribe today on iTunes, Google Play Music, TuneIn and Stitcher.

If you like what we’re doing, please write a review on iTunes — and if you don’t, just tweet-strafe Kara and Lauren. Tune in next Friday for another episode of Too Embarrassed to Ask!

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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