All the Lonely People, Where Do They All Belong?

America Dissected

Incision Media LLC

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

We all spend time, money, and energy to "take care of ourselves." We exercise, eat right, and meditate. But what if we can't actually do it alone—what if being healthy is more about taking care of each other? Our world feels more connected than ever before. And yet, we feel more alone. Depression, suicide, and overdose have skyrocketed. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed addresses how disinvestment in the spaces that bring us together, like public parks, swimming pools, and libraries, has helped shape a slow-moving epidemic of loneliness. We break down the consequences of this social isolation, and consider what we can and should do about it.

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0:00.0	Our dog's name is Ren.
0:03.0	We call him Renny.
0:05.3	Most of the time.
0:06.3	Oh nice.
0:07.3	What kind of dog is Renny?
0:08.3	He is a doxin mix.
0:10.1	He's like 27 pounds, so he kind of looks like a giant doxin.
0:13.8	That's Andy Scott.
0:14.8	You've definitely heard her name before in the credits of every episode.
0:18.8	She's my partner in crime.
0:20.1	The editor who's made sure everything you've listened to is fresh.
0:23.8	We rescued him.
0:24.8	He was two years old.
0:26.5	And he was, we like to say that he was a Trump baby.
0:30.2	We got him after Trump was elected because I needed something cute and sweet that like
0:35.8	didn't know about a lot of bad things in this world.
0:39.8	When Andy got Renny, she was living in Brooklyn and getting the dog meant joining what she
0:43.5	calls dog culture.
0:44.5	But not just any dog culture, a very specific artisanal Brooklyn variety of dog culture.
0:51.9	In our local park for Green Park, there was this like incredible culture in the mornings
0:57.0	before 9 a.m. this dog culture.
1:00.6	And basically the city has this rule that before 9 a.m. dogs can be off leash in the city
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