Brian Lera on WNYC, and now to end the show for our last 15 minutes, we'll have a short call-in

for introverts. Do introverts call talk radio shows? I think the answer is yes, because I think introversion is very

misunderstood, and aversion to calling in is not the kind of thing introversion is actually about,

per my understanding. But why a call-in for introverts today? Well, because an article on

slate this week describes how introversion is apparently on the rise

in American society. The obvious theory why COVID lockdowns were actually a relief to some people,

a relief from the relentless convention of interacting or interacting in person, or some of you who

are not pure introverts just found that less

interaction with other human beings just kind of suits you. Does this sound like you? 212-433, WNYC,

do you think you are an example of introversion being on the rise in the United States?

If so, call us and give us a little bit of your

own experience with this, a little bit of your own inner life. 212-433 WNYC. Interverts of the

world unite? Well, no, you can stay by yourself. but you're invited to call in and say if you think

your personal tendency toward introversion is on the rise, or if you've noticed it in yourself for the

first time in the last few years, 212-433, W-NYC, 212, 433-9692. And remember, introversion isn't the same as being shy.

It's about not wanting so much interaction, so that's what we're talking about.

The piece in Slate was written by Jesse Gold, a psychiatrist at the University of Tennessee, who has noticed

a significant change in her own personality over the last four years. Psychiatrist diagnosed

thyself, I guess. She went from being the kind of person who needed the companionship of others

to feel recharged, as she put it, to leaving weddings early, for example,

leaving weddings early because she'd, quote, had enough socializing. And while there aren't

studies proving the shift from extroversion to introversion is widespread, in speaking with

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