Between the Covers is back on another friday, this time in video!! (hands still sweating at the thought of this 🥹). how often do we actually take time to be curious about our loved ones? in this episode, we're dissecting the lost art of conversation (i.e., asking questions), curiosity as the deepest form of intimacy, and how to become a better villager.

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Resources mentioned:

• why boredom might be the most underrated skills
• we're not bored anymore and we should be
• interview with relationship expert Jillian Tuckery
• interview with Simon Sinek
• the archaeology of intimacy

Chapters

00:00 intro + yap

03:15 the lost art of conversations

05:25 we're curious about strangers more than our loved ones

06:40 to be interesting, you have to be interested

09:00 we're not bored anymore, and that's on the internet

13:03 boredom is the basis of creativity

14:50 curiosity is an underrated intimacy skill

18:00 each conversation has a 'main recipient'

19:12 stress makes you a bad listener

22:18 the comfort of silence in relationships

25:00 the sign to let go is when they no longer want to understand

26:18 how to become a better villager

27:23 let's bring back inconvenience in friendship

30:33 outro