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Dating and breakup recovery coach Cherlyn Chong explains why you shouldn't just cry it out when you want to get over an ex--you need a game plan. She talks about why high-achieving women love toxic men, and walks through the most common dating mistakes she sees women make. 

Sociologist Dr. Roger Patulny of the University of Wollongong in Australia talks social connection: why it's gendered, how we can foster it during the pandemic, and why it's critical to think about this in an increasingly individualistic world. 

If robots can eventually replace cashiers, opponents in chess, and even some doctors, could they help with our biological need for social connection? Our guest this week, Dr. Emily Cross, Professor of Social Robotics at the University of Glasgow, explains how our brains respond to robots and humans, and how studying dancers and actors could help revolutionize the world of robotics.

He threw a dart on a map and it landed on Vancouver. Shortly after, YouTuber Dillon Hill moved there. Hill realized everyone he spoke to in this new city had one thing in common: they all felt isolated. In an effort to ease their discomfort and his own, he launched an event called "Loneliness Sucks".

In this talk, Neha Gajwani asks Belgium researcher Marlies Maes about the difference between social and emotional loneliness. Maes explains why loneliness can be a good thing, and how to treats its different forms. 

The world of emotions is complex, but medical sociologist Dr. Kelly MacArthur knows one thing for sure: racial, gender, and class inequality causes loneliness. We need to tackle loneliness at its root and work on these underlying causes. At the same time, doctors need to evaluate connection levels.

How do men see relationships differently than women do? How do you raise boys who turn out to be vulnerable, loving men? In this candid talk, Neha Gajwani discusses Dr. Geoffrey Greif's extensive research on how genders diverge when it comes to relationships.

70-80% of people who report anxiety also have trouble sleeping. But is sleeplessness a symptom or something that promotes anxiety? Does a lack of sleep affect how others view you? And what technology could help deepen sleep in the future? Dr. Eti Ben-Simon answers these questions and passionately explains why sleep is more important than we realize.

We grow up studying math, science, and reading. As adults, we work together in teams, for bosses, and sometimes we manage people. We sometimes marry and have children and manage complicated relationships. But we never go to class to learn the skills of communicating effectively, negotiating, and listening attentively. For something so critical to success in our careers and to our personal lives, why do we leave it up to chance? Dr. Hinshelwood explains what she teaches kids, what challenges she has, and why she does it.

We sometimes think of loneliness as a feeling to overcome, one that belongs to the weak or to outcasts. Dr. Abraham Palmer challenges that assumption, exposing new evidence that loneliness may be genetic. In this riveting talk, Neha Gajwani discusses this misunderstood emotion with Dr. Palmer, and dives head-first into what we know about our brain on loneliness.