About Me + Contact Info

Hi, I’m Nina Badzin, I’m the host of the podcast Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship and a Minneapolis-based writer with many credits on a variety of topics in magazines, websites, and anthologies. 

Since 2014 in my friendship advice column, I’ve been fostering discussions about the nitty gritty of adult friendships with sensitivity and practicality. You’d think I’ve have nothing new to say about friendship after almost a decade, but you’d be wrong. Friendship is an endless, timeless, fascinating topic, and the more anonymous letters I receive and consider, the more I personally learn, too.

The podcast, which I started in 2021, has been referenced in The Wall Street JournalThe Washington PostTime Magazine, The Guardian, The Telegraph UK, The Chicago TribuneWoman’s Day MagazineThe Minneapolis Star Tribune, Next Avenue, and elsewhere. I always love hearing from readers and listeners. My work on friendship is meant to be a conversation between us and between you and your friends. I hope you will share your thoughts with me and with each other.

Ways to get in touch:

Email: ninabadzin@gmail.com

Subscribe to my Substack newsletter for the updates and letters

Social Media:  Instagram|  TikTok|  Facebook page|  Facebook group|  LinkedIn |  X/”Twitter” | Threads 

Listen to Dear Nina: Apple, Spotify, YouTube, (and anywhere you get your podcasts!)

Send an anonymous friendship question: here

JOIN the Dear Nina Facebook group 

Hi, I'm Nina

HI, I’M NINA BADZIN. I’m a writer fascinated by the dynamics of friendship, and I’ve been answering anonymous advice questions on the topic since 2014. I now also answer them on my podcast, Dear Nina! I’m a creative writing instructor at ModernWell in Minneapolis, a freelance writer and editor, and an avid reader who reviews 50 books a year. Welcome to my site! 

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Hi, I'm Nina

DEAR NINA: Conversations About Friendship is a podcast and newsletter about the ups and downs of adult friendship. I’m the host, Nina Badzin, a Minneapolis-based writer who accepted a position as a friendship advice columnist in 2014 and never stopped. DEAR NINA, the podcast, started in 2021, and has been referenced in The Wall Street JournalThe Washington PostTime Magazine, The GuardianThe Chicago TribuneThe Minneapolis Star Tribune, and elsewhere

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