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Allie Volpe

@allieevolpe.bsky.social
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Senior reporter at Vox. Writing a book about friendship. Bylines in the New York Times, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Playboy, and others.

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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
i cried a lot, spent too much time thinking about my face, and had an existential crisis :) read more about it www.vox.com/life/488424/...
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What is an aging face supposed to look like?
When bodies and appearances are malleable, what does that mean for the person underneath?
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
from the moment they're born, twins' lives are linked, with plenty of educational, social, and extracurricular overlap. so it stands to reason these siblings would share friends, right? i dug into how twins form friendships here (gift link!) www.vox.com/the-highligh...
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What twins can teach us about friendship
They grow up together, but are twins destined to share a social network?
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
for a story, i'm looking to chat with people who've gossiped with/about a neighbor and it blew up in their face :) email me!! allie.volpe@vox.com
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
for a story, i'm looking to chat with people who've gossiped with/about a neighbor and it blew up in their face :) email me!! allie.volpe@vox.com
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
wherein i attempt to answer the age-old question: how much should you have in common with your significant other? (gift link!) www.vox.com/life/485011/...
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How much should I have in common with my significant other?
I like camping. My partner doesn’t. How will we make it work?
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
everyone knows social interaction is crucial to our well-being, but we also need alone time, too. i wrote about how to make the most of solitude, how technology can help or hinder, and how to not get stuck in solitude www.vox.com/the-highligh...
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How to make the most of your alone time
Solitude is necessary for a well-balanced social life — here’s how to make it truly restorative.
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
hi i'm back from book leave and feeling very delusional www.vox.com/advice/48242...
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Why a little delusion is good for you
You just have to strike a balance between optimism and realism.
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
kinda crazy that i used to just fall asleep but then i started sleeping alone and now i can't hahahah lololhehehe
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Just think, there’s someone somewhere that’s never had oysters in Paris (I’m having oysters in Paris)
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
at any given time in my neighborhood, there will be a smoke detector blaring, some constant unidentified buzzing or beeping, or a dog barking and oftentimes all three :)
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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
ICYMI, @allieevolpe.bsky.social talks about 'dry January' as listeners share their stories of abstaining this month: www.wnyc.org/story/dry-ja...
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Dry January 2026 | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Vox correspondent Allie Volpe talks about Dry January, and listeners check in with us about their alcohol-free first month of 2026.
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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Good morning! Coming up on today's show: -@nytimes.com WH reporter Katie Rogers - @ericblanc.bsky.social on mobilizing Mayor Mamdani's volunteer army - NJ's outgoing AG @newjerseyoag.bsky.social - How your dry January is going w/ @allieevolpe.bsky.social Tune in: 10am, 93.9FM, AM820 & wnyc.org
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
i started book leave this week, but here's a little more from me to hold you over until i'm back at vox in march <3 about not liking your partner sometimes <3 www.vox.com/life/465847/...
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Is it okay if I don’t love my partner all the time?
What you’re feeling is ambivalence.&nbsp;It can be a good thing.
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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
🎙️ON AIR: We're talking to @vox.com's @allieevolpe.bsky.social and UCLA Center for Friendship Research director @jaimiekrems.bsky.social about the value of having a best friend in adulthood. ❓Do you have a best friend whom you've been close to for many years? How do you keep that bond? 📻 Listen:
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The Benefits of a ‘Best’ Friend | KQED
We talk about the value of having a best friend in adulthood. How would you describe your relationship with your best friend?
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
despite persistent stereotypes depicting single women as yearning for romance, it's actually single men who report being the least satisfied. i wrote about the plight of the single man: www.vox.com/even-better/...
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Why are single men so miserable?
When men lack the skills to build intimacy, their relationships — and well-being — suffer.
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
maybe the problem isn't with your concentration, but the culture that rewards productivity at all costs www.vox.com/even-better/...
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The most effective productivity hack is the one you least want to do
We all have a limited reserve of attention, and modern life is excellent at depleting it.
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
talk to me about your <3 best friends <3 how do you define a "best friend?" what qualities do best friends have? why is it important to you to quantify certain friends as "best?" email me! allie.volpe@vox.com
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
talk to me about your <3 best friends <3 how do you define a "best friend?" what qualities do best friends have? why is it important to you to quantify certain friends as "best?" email me! allie.volpe@vox.com
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
crazy how it took until month 8 of writing a book for my first panic attack
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
i wrote about why it feels like everyone is rude as hell
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Dressed like a giant baby, on the brink of tears like a giant baby
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
things are bad enough and now you're telling me i have to make dinner and deal with another t**** s**** album release cycle
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Tune into KQED in just a few minutes to hear me talk about my latest piece on setting your friends up on dates <3 i love friendship i love love
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
need a huge salad and a lobotomy
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
we're so done (hangry) we're so back (ate dinner)
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KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
What's your offline dating story? Were you introduced to your partner through friends or family? Or maybe you're the matchmaker? Fri at 9AM PST, we're talking with @allieevolpe.bsky.social about how couples are meeting (or not). Tell us:
A graphic reads: "Are you swearing off on dating apps and asking friends and family to set you up? How is it going?" Below that, in smaller text: "Share your dating experiences! Email: forum@kqed.org Leave us a voicemail: 415.553.3300. Comment below." 

In the upper left, a graphic of a man in a suit and tie looks at a tablet or paper, his hand raised to his face. A question mark is next to his face.
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Only groaned with my head in my hands twice while meeting with the accountant that’s a win
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All Of It, with Alison Stewart @allofitwnyc.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Today: @allieevolpe.bsky.social on traveling with friends; New doc about reporting on the Ukraine war from inside Putin's Russia; @nymag.com's @heybonanos.bsky.social & Jody Quon share photo skills; Artist Maris Jones Live at noon on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Once I start manifesting it’s over for you bitches
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
for most of modern dating, couples used to meet through their friends. (try to guess how people commonly meet now.) i wrote about the life -- and death -- of the setup www.vox.com/even-better/...
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Most couples used to meet this way. What happened?
If you’re sick of dating apps, consider this tried-and-true method.
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Vox @vox.com · 30/07/2025
If you’re sick of dating apps, consider this tried-and-true method. www.vox.com/even-better/...
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Most couples used to meet this way. What happened?
If you’re sick of dating apps, consider this tried-and-true method.
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Horny for a bagel and a government not run by ghouls
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
me? *too* sensitive? never!!!! www.vox.com/even-better/...
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Am I actually “too sensitive”?
Some people, in fact, are more prone to big feelings than others.
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
It’s a Saturday night and I’m breaking in new shoes pray for me
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
every friday the groupchat sends pics recapping their weeks and it makes me so happy :)
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Eating beef jerky over the sink in my underwear like a real American Woman
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
There should be a halal food cart perfume
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Ok why have I never spent any time in Mt. Airy??? This feels incorrect
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
i'm a sick little freak who daydreams of spending the day reading sad books at the public pool
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Writing is so hard hahahahah
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Vox @vox.com · 10/07/2025
For years, women complained that this medical procedure was painful. Doctors are finally listening. www.vox.com/even-better/...
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For years, women complained that this medical procedure was painful. Doctors are finally listening.
How a common birth control method became the center of a reckoning.
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
for years, IUD placement wasn't considered painful. then people started speaking up online. i went deep on why doctors are just now talking about pain management and how the most novel thing doctors are doing doesn't involve meds at all: just talking to their patients www.vox.com/even-better/...
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What if IUD insertion didn’t have to be so painful?
For years, patients complained about harrowing IUD procedures. Doctors are finally starting to take it seriously.
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Petition to bring bingo back to Les and Doreen’s
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
i had the pleasure of joining NPR's 1A this morning to chat third places, loneliness, and why you should just talk to people in the coffee shop the1a.org/segments/in-...
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In Good Company: Beating loneliness, building better public spaces
How can reimagining public spaces and neighborhood connect and inspire communities?
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Courthouse weddings followed by hot dog stand photos is the new rustic barnyard wedding
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Lighting a candle, cracking open a seltzer and disassociating while watching Survivor
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Just triple texted my therapist if you wanna know where I’m at mentally
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
A tiny way to stave off existential dread: talk to your neighbors, talk to the person next to you at the coffee shop, literally talk to anyone you don’t already know intimately I beg
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Truly can’t fathom a life where your driving principle is to make life worse for so many people
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Allie Volpe @allieevolpe.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
why does the algorithm want me to walk 20k steps? www.vox.com/even-better/...
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Obsessive step counts are ruining walking
How 20,000 steps became a new sign of wellness.
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