We’ve never analysed our friendships more – doorbell friends, friendship audits, rankings, and the architecture of “meaningful connections”. But in a world defined by overwork, isolation, and convenience culture, is all this discourse actually bringing us closer… or just giving us new ways to spiral?
This week, Alice Griffin and Jannah Anderson are unpacking the rise of friendship anxiety and the limits of the tools meant to soothe it, ultimately discovering that the real issue is structural: a world that engineered community out, then sold it back to us as a subscription.
And because the wellness zeitgeist never sleeps, we’re also talking: the DIY labs closing the loop on longevity testing, and Kylie Jenner’s new hydration drink that makes you “glow from within” (sigh).
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Women Are Lonelier Than Ever. It’s Putting Their Health At Risk by Kellie Scott, ABC News
The Friendship Audit: How I Evaluated My Relationships – and Rebuilt My Inner Circle by Isabelle Eyman, Camille Styles
Watch: Hannah Ferguson on Inherited Podcast
Loneliness – It’s Not Only You, Conversations Podcast, ABC
Watch: Lana on TikTok
How People Think About Being Alone Shapes Their Experience of Loneliness by Micaela Rodriguez, Kathryn E. Schertz and Ethan Kross
Loneliness Is A Problem A.I Won’t Solve by Jessica Grose, New York Times
Is Friendship Therapy the Next Big Thing in Mental Health? by Jamie Ducharme, TIME
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