![Zócalo Public Square (Audio) show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/052/402/small/zocalo-public-square-audio.jpg)
Summary: We’re obsessed with the news. Most of us check the headlines on our mobile devices up to eight times a day. But at a Zócalo/Getty Center event, philosopher Alain de Botton, author of The News: A User’s Manual, asks us to consider why: "What on earth are we looking for?"