Why former presidential candidate Andrew Yang is throwing phone-free dance parties in New York

Andrew Yang wants you to put your phone away and dance. The 50-year-old Forward Party founder and former presidential candidate is throwing his fifth Offline party in New York on Thursday (09.18.25), aiming to fight America's loneliness epidemic one beat at a time. According to USA TODAY, Yang is packing a Midtown nightclub with sweaty dancers, grainy film photos, and a strict "no phones" rule. "Yes, I get on the dance floor too," he told the publication. "We get together about half as much as we used to. That made me very sad. I think our phones have a lot to do with it." . . .