On this March 2025 episode of NPR's It's Been a Minute podcast, host Brittany Luse highlights an NPR Life Kit segment featuring Dr. Jeremy Nobel, author of Project UnLonely, who shares tips on how we can feel less lonely and more connected.

Despite all the ways we can now talk to each other, loneliness is on the rise.

One-third of Americans report feeling lonely at least once a week, and the former American Surgeon General declared that we are in the midst of a loneliness epidemic.

NPR's It's Been a Minute, hosted by Brittany Luse, highlights current cultural conversations. Dr. Jeremy Nobel is a physician and the author of Project UnLonely: Healing Our Crisis Of Disconnection.

On this March 2025 episode, Luse centers a conversation that first appeared on NPR's Life Kit. Featuring NPR health correspondent Allison Aubrey and Dr. Nobel, the conversation explores the roots of the loneliness epidemic and actions we can all take to feel less lonely.