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All the Lonely People
Season 2 · Episode 3

All the Lonely People

Why Americans have fewer friends than ever before, and how to recover the kind of friendship we most deeply desire

The Arthur Brooks Show · Vox Media

February 28, 201944m 46s

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Show Notes

By many measures, Americans have fewer friends and feel lonelier than ever before. Arthur explores the decline of intimate friendship in the U.S., the consequences of loneliness, and how we can build the kinds of friendships that we most deeply desire. Featuring conversations with Doug Nemecek, Chief Medical Officer for Behavioral Health at Cigna, Julia Bainbridge, host of The Lonely Hour podcast, and Vivek Murthy, former surgeon general of the United States.