Me. Welcome to the You Are Not So Smart Podcast, episode 139. Oh, oh, oh, oh. And the game. Welcome to the You Are Not So Smart Podcast coming to you live on tape from the Los Angeles

International Airport. That's why the audio Angeles International Airport.

That's why the audio sounds so funky.

I promised the rest of the audio in the episode

will not sound like this.

It was recorded previously,

but I'm on my way to Australia

and because of time zone changes well I needed to record this

audio right now.

On this episode you will hear a really fantastic interview with journalist Kate Lever.

My name is Kate Lever.

I'm a journalist and author living in London.

So what kind of stuff do you usually write about?

I usually write about anything that is to do with women, pop culture, or mental health.

That's just become kind of my specialty triage, if you will.

Kate is here to talk about her new book, The Friendship Cure, in which she explores the

crippling, damaging, life-threatening impact of loneliness and the severe impacts of living

a life disconnected from a support network of close

friendships. In the interview we talk about loneliness, how to make friends, the

difference between male and female friendships, platonic friendships,

friends with benefits and lots, lots more. I really enjoyed this interview and

I think you will too and also it sounds a lot better than this audio I

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