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Samantha Stallard Asks, Can Men and Women Be Friends?
Writer Samantha Stallard (and Jillian’s bestie) returns to the pod! She and host Jillian Anthony (author of the Cruel Summer Book Club newsletter and the former Editor of Time Out New York) discuss the complications of friendships between heterosexual men and women, and what it’s like to date as a woman in your 30s who doesn’t want to get married or have kids. Plus, Samantha talks about the power of self-parenting, the joy of moving back to New York City after two difficult years away, and the comfort of the rare friendships that feel like family. (And don’t forget to check out Samantha’s episode from season one, where she discusses when she broke off an engagement and left New York, and the healing process that followed.)
Subscribe and follow the CSBC podcast so you never miss an episode. And don’t forget to give Cruel Summer Book Club a five-star review on Apple Podcasts so we feel the love.
Follow guest Samantha Stallard:
Twitter: @SJStallard
Website: https://www.samanthajstallard.com
Follow host Jillian Anthony:
Twitter: @jillathrilla
Instagram: @jillathrilla
Subscribe to the Cruel Summer Book Club newsletter: https://cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com/subscribe
Time stamps:
2:00 – Discussing Emily Ratajkowski's My Body
7:10 – Discussing The People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
9:43 – Can men and women be friends?
12:45 – Dating with friendship in mind
17:00 – Friendship breakup with a male friend
20:48 – Sam’s big breakup, and returning to New York City
25:37 – Traveling to Italy together and taking five weeks off work
29:05 – Looking out for your future self and self-parenting
29:57 – Practicing thought control and living in the present
36:26 – Samantha meets her future self
39:32 – Dating as a women in her 30s who doesn’t want marriage or kids
46:11 – Dating when you don’t want to be in a relationship
49:06 – Why we need to give women more space to have choices in their lives
53:00 – The challenges of making friends as an adult
57:12 – The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
1:02:30 – Where to follow Samantha
Transcript link: https://cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com/p/transcript-samantha-stallard-asks
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Writer Samantha Stallard (and Jillian’s bestie) returns to the pod! She and host Jillian Anthony (author of the Cruel Summer Book Club newsletter and the former Editor of Time Out New York) discuss the complications of friendships between heterosexual men and women, and what it’s like to date as a woman in your 30s who doesn’t want to get married or have kids. Plus, Samantha talks about the power of self-parenting, the joy of moving back to New York City after two difficult years away, and the comfort of the rare friendships that feel like family. (And don’t forget to check out Samantha’s episode from season one, where she discusses when she broke off an engagement and left New York, and the healing process that followed.)
Subscribe and follow the CSBC podcast so you never miss an episode. And don’t forget to give Cruel Summer Book Club a five-star review on Apple Podcasts so we feel the love.
Follow guest Samantha Stallard:
Twitter: @SJStallard
Website: https://www.samanthajstallard.com
Follow host Jillian Anthony:
Twitter: @jillathrilla
Instagram: @jillathrilla
Subscribe to the Cruel Summer Book Club newsletter: https://cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com/subscribe
Time stamps:
2:00 – Discussing Emily Ratajkowski's My Body
7:10 – Discussing The People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
9:43 – Can men and women be friends?
12:45 – Dating with friendship in mind
17:00 – Friendship breakup with a male friend
20:48 – Sam’s big breakup, and returning to New York City
25:37 – Traveling to Italy together and taking five weeks off work
29:05 – Looking out for your future self and self-parenting
29:57 – Practicing thought control and living in the present
36:26 – Samantha meets her future self
39:32 – Dating as a women in her 30s who doesn’t want marriage or kids
46:11 – Dating when you don’t want to be in a relationship
49:06 – Why we need to give women more space to have choices in their lives
53:00 – The challenges of making friends as an adult
57:12 – The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
1:02:30 – Where to follow Samantha
Transcript link: https://cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com/p/transcript-samantha-stallard-asks