Kat Hennessey joins to share her passion on why social media is a powerful tool for building,. PLUS she challenged Samantha and Pallavi to take the Enneagram test...and they did it! Find out more about yourself and your friends so you can have more “unfiltered” relationships.

Connect with Kat on Insta @KatHennessey & see more of her awesomeness @ www.kathennessey.com

Fun Fact about Kat: She was a featured dancer on Soul Train for 2 seasons! YAASSS KWEEN!

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Pallavi and Samantha investigate the Dungeons & Dragons corner of Nerd culture with writer, actor, comedian, and dungeon master, Amy Vorpahl. They cover how this group role playing game can instill creative problem solving skills, be an excellent form of escapism, and how too much of an insular environment can create depression.

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What does it take to create a cohesive ensemble? Or even just a group of people who want to spend time with one another? Tony, Oscar, and Olivier award winner, Mark Rylance, breaks it down with us on how creating a family amongst strangers backstage at a Broadway play can translate to maintaining friendships in everyday life.

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In this mid season finale mini-sode, Pallavi and Samantha reflect on the first half of the season and the last one year since they first talked about the pod as an idea. My has life changed...lots of challenges but lots of surprises and revelations discussed in this one! Isn’t it important to check in with your BFF for some real talk?

We’ll be back in 2019 for the second half of season 1. In the meantime reach out to us with episode ideas and feedback!!!

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Do you ever wondered how many elements and forces in the universe came together to make a friendship happen? What if you could just commit to a friendship and that’s really the only choice needed to nurture a friendship? Does all of this sound a little woo woo? Well, not to worry, Nick Demos is going to break down all of it and teach us that there is no failure in friendship, only lessons. Fun fact about Nick -he’s a huge General Hospital fan.

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You know when you feel like your squad might be scattering? Like, no one talked about it but it just sort of happened? Do you find a new squad or do you fight to save the old one...Sofia Gonzalez gets real about how she prayed for a new group of girlfriends and then it happened and how she shifted into her new squad while still loving everyone from her old one. Lucky for us, she’s part of our #squadgoals now!

Find Sofia on Twitter @sofialandla OR Instagram @sofialand

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Mo Money Mo Friend Problems?? Why don’t we TRUTHFULLY talk about money with each other? Its sensitive and layered, and tricky. Reece Scelfo and Kyle Hogue stop by to talk about why we should be having unfiltered conversations about money...it may strengthen our relationships more than we think.

Connect with Kyle or Reece by going to The Position Group online at www.thepositiongroup.com/

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Gabrielle Ruiz joins for a trip down memory lane with Pallavi and Samantha. Memories that include the NYC hustle, mean girls, high school drama, and not being a cool kid. Plus making friends on the west coast vs east coast. Also, why does it feel like female friendships are more complicated? Fun fact about Gabrielle - she eats pizza with a fork

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What determines how we make friends? Where do we learn to make friends? Did you know that friend making skills are basically the same as boyfriend/girlfriend making skills?! Ariel Hirsch stops by for a dive into the therapist’s view of friendship when we’re young, when we’re old, when we’re single, when we unfold the Psychology of Friendship...see what we did there? Fun Fact about Ariel - Mabel Pines from the Disney Cartoon Gravity Falls is based on her, that’s a thing! Find Ariel on Twitter @_mer

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Welcome to What Are Friends For! No Really...What Are Friends For? For the last 12 years, Samantha and Pallavi have lived within 5 min of each other. Now, Pallavi has moved across the country from NYC to LA...and the distance is starting to settle in and it’s made these BFFs question...is proximity the only reason they’ve been BFFs? Who are our other friends? And how do we make new ones when we’re not wingwoman-ing each other?

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