How to keep old friends

Life Kit

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🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Nina Badzin, host of the podcast Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship, has spent a lot of time thinking about the richness that old friends add to our lives. In our lows and in our highs, our old friends can remind us of who we are. But time can also do a number on those relationships. So on this episode of Life Kit: how to maintain your longstanding friendships.

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0:00.0	These days, with all the information coming at you, it can be hard to know what's accurate, what's not, and what's worth your time.
0:07.7	Here to help you navigate it all is 1A.
0:10.2	Five days a week, the 1A podcast provides a forum for Curate's Minds to explore different angles on the biggest headlines and give you a more balanced take on what's happening.
0:19.3	Listen to the 1A podcast from NPR and WAMU.
0:24.1	You're listening to Life Kit from NPR.
0:29.7	Hey, it's Mariel.
0:32.4	Recently, I interviewed Nina Badsen,
0:34.8	who hosts a podcast all about friendship.
0:37.2	And I started our interview with, well, it was kind of a setup.
0:40.9	We played a game of this or that.
0:43.4	So I'll say two options, and you say, quick as you can, which is your favorite?
0:48.6	Okay.
0:49.6	All right.
0:50.8	Chocolate or vanilla?
0:52.1	Chocolate.
0:53.6	Running or swimming? Running, but, I mean, barely, vanilla. Chocolate. Running or swimming?
0:55.1	Running, but I mean, barely either.
0:58.3	Podcast or radio?
0:59.9	Podcast.
1:01.2	Old friends or new friends?
1:03.1	Oh, that's so hard.
1:04.7	I love them both so much and I think both are so important.
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