Review Radio: The Power of Social Interaction
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Host Andrew Xu sits down with Sheila Liming, an associate professor at Champlain College and the author of Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time. They discuss the inherent benefits that come with social interaction, the importance of awkwardness in conversation, and what it would mean for society to expand its definition of family.
References
"Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time" by Sheila Liming
"Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation" from The U.S. Surgeon General
"The 'Quiet Catastrophe' Brewing in Our Social Lives" from The Ezra Klein Show
"The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake" by David Brooks, The Atlantic
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