Podcast HackHow to Be a Better FriendBy TED, Chris Duffy, Rhaina Cohen
In a Nutshell
In this May 2025 episode of TED's How to Be a Better Human podcast, host Chris Duffy speaks with social science journalist Rhaina Cohen about the value of platonic friendships.
Favorite Quote
People who have created friendships that are so close that they're life partnerships are one example of people really breaking out of this narrow idea of what's possible in our closest relationships and showing us that there are other ways.
Rhaina Cohen
Introduction
Why don't we invest as much time and energy into platonic friendships as we do in romantic ones?
Most adults feel like they don't have enough friends, but maybe the problem lies in what we expect from friendship.
Platonic friendships are meant to be deep connections, not surface-level relationships that are only for fun.
Award-winning journalist Rhaina Cohen has written extensively on friendship as the author of The Other Significant Others: Reimagine Life with Friendships at the Center.
In this May 2025 episode of TED's How to Be a Better Human podcast, she speaks to host Chris Duffy about the importance of platonic friendships, tips on being a better friend, and why you should invest in your 'other significant others.'
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