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What It Was Like To Be Mr. Rogers’ Friend

October 26, 2020 Culture, Education, Race/Identity

Tom Junod joins us to talk about an interview that turned into an unlikely, lifelong friendship with a quiet man who possessed a special power to deeply empathize with children and adults alike.

The Science of Friendship

February 26, 2020 Culture, Health

Science writer Lydia Denworth joins us to talk about the role close-knit communities play in our mental and physical health.

When A White Supremacist Attended Shabbat

November 12, 2019 Culture, Education, Politics, Race/Identity

Derek Black and Matthew Stevenson join us to talk about the time Matthew invited Derek to attend a Shabbat dinner – and how that interaction paved the way to a new understanding.

This hour, we’ll talk with Hanya Yanagihara about her story of how friends who met in college started a life together in New York City. She writes about what turned their close relationship into something resembling a family in her novel “A Little Life.”