Episode 1: One is the Loneliest Number? - a podcast by Cristian and Yaw

In today's episode, we introduce ourselves, our series, and explore the question: Why are we all so gosh darn lonely?

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Works Discussed 

• High prevalence and adverse health effects of loneliness in community-dwelling adults across the lifespan: role of wisdom as a protective factor (Lee et al., 2018) 

• David Foster Wallace's "This Is Water" speech, Kenyon College, 2005

• Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking

• Vital Signs: Trends in State Suicide Rates — United States, 1999–2016 and Circumstances Contributing to Suicide

• The Limits of Friendship by Maria Konnikova (A New Yorker piece about the connection between Dunbar's Number and Facebook usage) 

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