How Building & Maintaining Community Makes a Healthier Society for All

Is friendship truly the greatest gift of life? This week, Our Body Politic guest host and acclaimed radio journalist Celeste Headlee interviews psychologist, educator and author of the forthcoming book Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make– and Keep– Friends, Dr. Marisa Franco, who shares insights on the mental and physical benefits of social interactions and community building and how in times of loneliness, people are prone to inadvertently sabotage these critical bonds. Then, Headlee speaks with award-winning journalist and TV critic Eric Deggans about how the legacy of racism and exclusion and its continuation in fantastical mega-franchises like Star Wars serves to threaten any future fandoms, as newer generations are increasingly diverse.

Our Body Politic · Celeste Headlee, Bianca Martin, Bridget McAllister, Traci Caldwell, Emily J. Daly, Teresa Carey, Steve Lack, Natyna Bean, Emily Ho, Lauren Schild, Mike Goehler, Archie Moore, Dr. Marisa Franco, Eric Deggans, Jonathan Blakely, Farai Chideya