HTLA Presents: How Not To Be Lonely: LA Can Be Lonely AF - Reframing An 'Epidemic'

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🗓️ 24 February 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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From LAist Studios, How to LA producer Megan Botel explores how people are dealing with feelings of loneliness – which have recently been declared a nationwide epidemic by the U.S. Surgeon General – and how some Angelenos are dealing with it by creating communities and finding new connections in the city.
Through this series, we explore the depths of these feelings for people in all walks of life. And dig into how folks are easing these feelings by creating connections and all sorts of communities around the city.
To kick it off part one, we speak to loneliness expert Cat Moore to understand and, in many ways, re-define our understanding of how loneliness is experienced. We'll also cover specific ways to begin building community.
Guest: Cat Moore, Director of Belonging at the University of Southern California
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0:00.0	The Proves Bowl with Get Lit is back at the Crawford.
0:05.0	Join us for a night of spoken word performances from some of LA's best youth poets.
0:09.3	It's March 8th.
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0:12.6	slash events.
0:14.0	Hi, I'm Megan Botel, a producer on the LAS studio show How-To L.A.
0:21.0	For the past few weeks, I've been working on a special How to LA.
0:22.7	For the past few weeks I've been working on a special series exploring how people are dealing
0:27.1	with feelings of loneliness.
0:29.2	According to the Surgeon General, we're dealing with an epidemic of isolation, and people in Los Angeles may be
0:35.6	lonelier than most.
0:38.4	Through this series, I've been exploring the depths of these feelings for people in all walks of life. And also digging into
0:44.8	how folks are easing these feelings by creating connections and communities
0:48.9	around the city. Here's the first episode where we work to reframe the loneliness epidemic and give you a few
0:56.4	tips to work through those feelings and find your people. Take a listen. I wanted to start first with a very broad question.
1:09.4	How would you define loneliness? It's the worst thing ever. find loneliness.
1:12.6	It's the worst thing ever.
1:17.8	The standard social science kind of definition of it is the felt experience of not having your social needs met. You know, even if you
1:28.9	have a million connections, you don't feel like you're meaningfully connected enough.
1:35.0	Loneliness is maybe the oldest part of the human condition.
1:40.0	Basically, the earliest experiences of life are when you're in the womb, literally
1:46.8	tied by a chord to another human being. But then the moment you emerge, the first experience you have is of that court being cut
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