Hello friends, welcome back.

You may be able to notice a slight nasal tone, slightly more than usual to my voice and

that is because I'm currently self isolating, got a little bit of a fever, don't have a

massive cough, but given the government's guidelines on staying at home, if you think you

might have some of the symptoms of COVID-19, have elected to stay in the house, which is

great for recording and editing podcasts, but slightly less good for having an exciting

life. However, if you are feeling like you might have some of the symptoms as well, which

are high temperature and or dry cough, I would urge you to do the same. It is all of our duties

to pull together at the moment, so don't be a dick and go out of the house if you think

that you are ill because you might infect a lot of people and that would be very bad.

On to today's guest, Lydia Denworth, we're talking about her new book, Friendship, and

it seems pretty timely, a topic to be talking about, we're constantly told that we're more

connected than ever, but have never felt more alone and we're learning about this loneliness

epidemic, which is sweeping the world. So today, expect to learn what Friendship is, how

you can improve the quality of the friendships in your own life, what loneliness does to the

body, how friendship and loneliness both actually manifest in the brain and a bunch of hacks

that both me and Lydia came up with about how you can deepen your friendships and make

sure that you're spending enough time, good quality time with the people in your life

that matter. In other news, this episode of the podcast is brought to you by Surfshark VPN.

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