What makes a friendship last? Pam “Sunny” Sunshine and Peloton’s Jenn Sherman talk about habits that helped them stay close for 40 years.

How to host a salon and why you should: deepening friendships or getting to know new friends through meaningful conversation.

To the friends who can endure hard conversations (and also forgive!)

Marjorie Ingall joins Dear Nina this week to discuss how to apologize to a friend and how to accept an apology.

We're discussing Join or Die, a film about why you should join a club and why the fate of America depends on it.

Nina Badzin, host of a friendship podcast, explains why staying friends with people from our past matters — and how to nurture relationships with old friends across time and distance.

Podcast Episode · Life Kit · 05/19/2025 · 22m

Learn practical ways to support single friends and combat singleism with author Meghan Kane on Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship.

Balancing romantic relationships and friendships

Risk, Rejection, and Real Connection

All friendship "shapes" require communication, benefit of the doubt, and more

(Or, at least not feel so bad about being left out all the time)

Turning your neighborhood into a village and understanding how community and friendship are different. Author Seth D. Kaplan joins the show.

Plus: The friends you make in fan communities!

Shared books as the conduit to this intimate topic

That's OK, but you can still ask me how it's going sometimes.

Think beyond "Friendsgiving" and "Galentine's Day"

The sober curious lifestyle and how avoiding alcohol might affect your health, your friendships, and more.

Plus: Envy as a guide

And: Assuming the best of friends who don't know the "right" thing to say

Podcast Episode · Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship · 01/16/2025 · 11m

The most read, heard, shared, on Dear Nina. And where you live!

Plus: The top Dear Nina episode of the year!

Without having to put pants on

Anna Goldfarb, author of Modern Friendship, is here to discuss her 14-day friendship cleanse concept and how it can improve your friendships.

Tell me the books I *must* read next year!

Modern life can be lonely. Some are looking to an old German tradition – of drinking and conversation – to deepen connection through regular meetups.

Plus: Savoring our friends' news with "Tell me more"

Loss of social support after a cancer diagnosis is a surprisingly common experience, social workers and cancer patients say. For young cancer survivors, it is a particularly difficult part of the dise...

The people in our lives are a dynamic constellation.

I'm tackling the often-requested topic of male-female friendship, and I have comedians Matt Ritter and Aaron Karo of Man of the Year to help.

I'm tackling the often-requested topic of male-female friendship, and I have comedians Matt Ritter and Aaron Karo of Man of the Year to help.

And: grieving the end of a friendship

It can be hard to make a new friend, especially as an adult. To turn a friendly acquaintance into a friend, consider following these steps.

Podcast Episode · The Daily · 11/28/2024 · 30m

Diamonde Williamson found a way to make art from a painful friendship breakup and help others face their grief.

And gratitude for the friends we left behind.