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How to make – and keep – friends
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:24:29
Publish Date: 2025-11-15 17:00:00
Description:

Friendship is vital for our health and happiness, but we don’t always prioritize it. The Optimist’s Maggie Penman goes on a journey to make new friends and learn why so many of us are craving connection.

Today’s show was produced by Maggie Penman, with help from Ted Muldoon, who also mixed the show. It was edited by Allison Klein. 

For more stories from The Optimist, subscribe to our newsletter. If you want to hear more stories like this on the weekend, send Maggie an email at maggie.penman@washpost.com. 

If you want to check out Billy's book, it's called We Need to Hang Out: A Memoir of Making Friends.

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