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  • Episode 2: Isolation, Loneliness, and the Importance of Touch
    Episode 2: Isolation, Loneliness, and the Importance of Touch
    In this episode, we’ll be talking about the distinctions between being alone and being lonely, and what that means for us today.
    Links:
    The Power of Touch, article in the New Yorker By Maria Konnikova
    https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/power-touch
    A Biography of Loneliness, a book about the history of the emotion, by Faye Bound Alberti
    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50931313-a-biography-of-loneliness
    Hugs and Kisses: the health impact of affective touch by Maria Cohut
    https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323143
    Romeo Club: Retired Old Men Eating Out
    https://romeoclub.com
    Robin Dunbar for the New York Times: You’ve Got to Have (150) Friends
    https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/opinion/26dunbar.html
    Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection by John T. Cacioppo, William Patrick
    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2753527-loneliness
    Rina on Twitter
    https://twitter.com/Rina_Grob_
    Madhvi on Twitter
    https://twitter.com/madhviramani
    Rina on Instagram
    https://www.instagram.com/rina_grob/
    Madhvi on Instagram
    https://www.instagram.com/madhviinberlin/
    22 min
  • Episode 1: Distractions, Escapisms, and Cowboys
    Episode 1: Distractions, Escapisms, and Cowboys
    In this episode, we discuss the Netflix show Tigerking, the Yeehaw Agenda, and the German obsession with the Wild West.
    Links:
    Wild West Germany, by Rivka Galchen in New Yorker Magazine https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/04/09/wild-west-germany
    El Dorado Wild West Theme Park on Instagram:
    https://www.instagram.com/eldoradotemplin/
    The YeeHaw Agenda on Instagram:
    https://www.instagram.com/theyeehawagenda/
    Tiger King’s Chaotic Fashion Will Delight And Inspire You by Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz in The Cut
    https://www.thecut.com/2020/03/netflix-tiger-kings-big-cat-fashion.html
    Lost in Translation: Germany’s Fascination With the American Old West by Melissa Eddy in The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/18/world/europe/germanys-fascination-with-american-old-west-native-american-scalps-human-remains.html
    Lil Nas X's Old Time Road:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Ov5jzm3j8
    Rina on Twitter
    https://twitter.com/Rina_Grob_
    Madhvi on Twitter
    https://twitter.com/madhviramani
    Rina on Instagram
    https://www.instagram.com/rina_grob/
    Madhvi on Instagram
    https://www.instagram.com/madhviinberlin/
    22 min

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