• The New York Times article about friendship
• We discuss the nomad problem of loneliness
• We hear from Kyrie and Heather
• Viv vaguely remembers some high school sociology (and here's the idea that globalisation turns the world into one giant gesellschaft)
• Follow Kate Leaver on Twitter or Facebook and sign up for her lovely newsletter. Her book, The Friendship Cure, is out next April through HarperCollins
• The Atlantic article that claims that once you get married and have kids you stop having friends
• Next time you get a chance to see Merrily We Roll Along, take it!
• The episode of Secret Feminist Agenda dealing with friendship. Subscribe!

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The Nomad + Spice theme tune is Yellow Sea by the superlative Madame Gandhi.