Welcome back! This week, we talked with fellow podcaster Rachel from the Lost Summer Podcast about how friendships change after major life transitions like marriage and motherhood. And we introduce a new segment, the Game Corner!

*Show Notes*

Edited by Dominik Apolonio

Theme music: "Too Cool" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Logo by SiyouDesigns.com IG @siyoudesigns FB @siyoudesigns

Follow Rachel @rachsnak on IG and listen to her podcast The Lost Summer https://rachsnak.podbean.com/

Jeffrey Hall, “How Many Hours Does it Take to Make a Friend?,” Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 36, no.4 (March 2018):1278-1296

This article summarizes the article: https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/voices/relationships/article/2018/04/10/how-many-hours-does-it-take-make-friend

The Dunbar number- It’s actually 150! https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/social-media-affect-math-dunbar-number-friendships

Homogenous social networks https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/08/25/three-quarters-of-whites-dont-have-any-non-white-friends/

Loneliness and death https://time.com/3747784/loneliness-mortality/