Basket Case

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When Sal moved from California to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, they didn't know anyone. The solitude didn’t bother them…at first. But after their attempts at making new friends left them feeling confused, then rejected, then frustrated, their solitude turned into loneliness.

In this episode, Dr. Ellen Lee explains how loneliness is a social condition. Dr. Marisa G. Franco talks about the science of making friends (and the romance of queer friendship), and Jasmine Ostendorf-Rodriguez shows us what we can learn from fungi about building community in times of crisis.

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Links: 

The Professional-Managerial Class w/ Catherine Liu | Jacobin Show 

White Supremacy Culture Worksheet from White Supremacy Culture  

Platonic: How The Science of Attachment Can Help You Make – and Keep – Friends by Dr. Marisa G. Franco

Let’s Become Fungal! by Jasmine Ostendorf-Rodriguez

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