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Episodes are in chronological order from earliest to the most recent.

#1. The Friend Who Will Only Text: Kathy Sackheim (my mom!)

#2. When Your Friend’s Kid is Being Mean to Your Kid:  Taryn Kessel

#3. The Friend Who Never Initiates Contact: Pam Moore

#4. Are You Oversharing With New Friends?: Christie Tate

#5. The Friend Who Ignores Your Social Media Posts: Rudri Patel

#6. Unfriend, Mute, Unfollow, or Block

#7. Forgiveness and Reconciliation After a Friendship Breakup: Rebecca Kotok

Mini-Episode: The Friendship Apology Prayer

#8. When Friends Ask Questions You Don’t Want to Answer: Kathy Sackheim (my mom!)

Mini-Episode: A Positive View of Friends Asking Personal Questions

#9. Friends Will Hang Out Without You: Taryn Kessel

#10. My Kid Isn’t Interested in Pursuing This Friendship: Jessica Speer

Mini-Episode: Friends Make Mistakes

#11. Lessons From Male Friendships: Dave Dluger

#12. Helping a Friend in Crisis and Asking Friends for Help: Alissa Butterfass

#13. Get Out of Your Comfort Zone to Make New Friends: Michelle Platt

#14. How Regular Plans Help Build Closer Friendships: Jessica Smock

#15. The Art of Small Talk and Body Language When Making New Friends:  Ali Wenzke

#16. Stop Focusing on the Popular Group

#17. Friendship and Sobriety: Jen (Gilhoi) Veralle

#18. Friendship Advice for Four Tricky Situations: Taryn Kessel

#19. Novels and Memoirs About Friendship: Rebekah Jacobs

#20. Friendship Chemistry: Why We Click With Some Friends and Not Others

#21. Friends Who Are Like Family and the Ways Friends Show Up: Rachel Levy Lesser

#22. Host Friends (and Potential Friends) for Meals with Less Stress: Debra Arbit

#23. When Kids’ Issues are Too Private to Discuss with Friends: Rebecca Prenevost

#24. Maintaining Boundaries Without Damaging Your Friendships: Bryan Badzin

#25. How to Make Group Chats With Friends Less Frustrating: Kat Vellos

#26. Making New Friends After 50:  the hosts of The Pop Culture Preservation Society

#27. Covid Issues with Friends, Teen Groups, and Friends Who Leave: Taryn Kessel

#28. Grieving the Death of a Friend: Zibby Owens

#29. When You Outgrow a Friendship—or Your Friend Stops Rooting for You : Chaz Sandifer

#30. Why You Can Feel Lonely Even When You Have Close Friends: Mary Laura Philpott

#31. Friends Who are Different from You: Stephanie Pierce and Julie Burton

#32. Conflict Can Strengthen a Friendship: Dr. Marisa Franco

#33. When You Want to Be Closer Friends Than They Do: Ruchi Koval

#34. Reconnecting with an Ex-Friend: Rebecca Kotok

#35. When You’re Putting More Effort Into a Friendship: Anna Goldfarb

#36. Widowhood and Friendship: Kathy Sackheim (my mom!)

#37. The Benefits of Couple Friends: Bryan Badzin

#38. Are You Expecting Friends to Show Up the Way You Do?: Diana Spechler

#39. Trying One New Thing Every Day to Make New Friends: Pam Lamp

#40. Giving Thoughtful Gifts to Friends

#41. Work Friend, Real Friend, or Customer?: Lisa Harris

#42. Which Friendships Do You Enjoy and Why?

#43. Navigating Money and Friendship: Mia Brabam

#44. Diet Culture and Friendship:Pam Moore

#45. Learning From Our Parents’ Friendships: Linda Pressman

#46. Why Casual Friendships Matter More Than You Think: Shari Leid

#47. Friendship Triangles, Envy, Competition and Ghosting: Christie Tate

#48. How to Stay Friends When You Disagree: Yael Bar Tur and Chaya Leah Sufrin

#49. Finding Friendship in Unexpected Places: Will Schwalbe

#50. How Our Friendship Expectations Change With Age: Kathy Sackheim (my mom!)

#51. Recognizing a Toxic Friendship: Michelle Anderson and Lauren Massarella (of The Sister Project)

#52. Choosing a New Expat Life After a Tragedy: Jen Zwinck

#53. It’s Never Too Late To Make New, Close Friends: Megan Tamte (founder of Evereve)

#54. Text Your Friends Back and Other Tips on Maintaining Friendships: Laura Tremaine

#55. How to Support a Friend Facing an Ambiguous Loss: Emma Nadler

#56. Revisiting the Problems and Potential of Group Texts: Kat Vellos

#57. Listen for What’s Not Being Said and Other Friendship Solutions From the Five Senses: Gretchen Rubin

#58. Poker, Mahjong, and Becoming Closer Friends Through a Game: Mark Oppenheimer

#59. When Should Parents Step Into Their Teen’s Friendship Problems?: Stephanie Sprenger

#60. College Friends: The Magic of the 90s and the Potential of Current Campus Friendships: Daisy Alpert Florin

#61. The Case for Phone Calls and Low-key Hangs with Friends: Jo Piazza

#62. The Friendship of the Weekly Walking Partners: Leslie Hooton

#63. Telling Friends They’ve Let You Down: Dr. Marisa Franco

#64. Old School Blogging Friendships: Jill Smokler

#65. Why Teen Friend Groups Are So Complicated: Dr. Lisa Damour

#66. Introvert Energy in Friendships: Heidi Shertok

#67. Visit Your Long Distance Friends

#68. When Your Friend is in an Unhealthy or Abusive Relationship: Rachel Katz

#69. Don’t Be Afraid of Saying the Wrong Thing to Friends With a Chronic Illness: Jennifer Cramer-Miller

#70: Become Your Own Social Director: Don’t Wait for Invitations

#71: Learning From Friendship Breakups: Diamonde Williamson

#72. Grudges and Apologies in Friendships: Kathy Sackheim (my mom!)

#73. I’m Just Not That Into This Friendship: Ruchi Koval

#74. The Childhood Friends Who Shaped Our Identities: Kristin Nilsen

#75. Scheduling, Structure, and Traditions as the Key to Making and Keeping Friends: Jeff Waldman and Dan Moore

#76. Yes, Reach Out to Your Friends During a Crisis

#77. Laughter From Loneliness: Gabe Mollica

#78. How to Pursue a New Friendship Without Feeling Pushy: Rachel Levy Lesser and Stephanie Goldstein

#79. Moving Every Three Years and Creating Community: Bri McKoy

#80. Neediness in Friendships: Sally Vardaman

#81. The Friends Who Want to Hear Your Good News: Chaz Sandifer

#82. The Lasting Ties of Friendships Formed in Difficult Times: Jenny Leon

#83. The Sisterhood of the Fellow Exes: Lara Starr

#84. How to Turn an Acquaintance Into a Friend: Debra Arbit

#85. The More the Merrier? That’s Not Always True: Danielle Bayard Jackson

#86. Every Friendship Starts (or deepens) With an Act of Bravery: Amy Weathery + Jess Johnston (of Sister I am With You)

#87: Beyond The Golden Girls: Platonic Life Partners at Any Age: Rhaina Cohen

#88. Differences of Opinion With Friends and the Potential of Friendship With Cousins: Emily Locker

#89. Why Do You Keep Having the Same Friendship Problems?: Christie Tate

#90: The Friends You Want Around During a Crisis: Kelly Lang

#91: Why Big Friend Groups Can Be Hard for Kids and Teens: Dr. Lisa Damour

#92. The Courage to Trust Friends After You’ve Been Hurt

#93. Small Friendship Slights and Changing Your Instagram Handle

#94. Five Friendship Issues to Consider Addressing With a Therapist: Dr. Roxanne Francis

#95. Are You Talking Too Much—or Not Enough—with Friends?: Micaela Blei

#96. Mixtapes, Mahjong, and Other Sensory Friendship Experiences: Gretchen Rubin

#97. Disclosing My Invisible Disability Increased the Intimacy In My Friendships: Estelle Erasmus

#98. Are Your Friendships Working for You? Five Questions to Ask

#99. The 14-Day Friendship Mindset Cleanse: Anna Goldfarb

#100. The Magic of Camp Friends: Dara Levan

#101. Ask Me Anything! (Best Friends, Friendship Trios, Being More Direct with Friends )

#102. Friendships Can Survive Hurt Feelings and Conflict: Shasta Nelson

#103. Friendship Meet Cutes and Your Fashion Emergency Friends: Rachel Levy Lesser

#104. Being a Good Friend to Someone With Terminal Cancer: Jill Smokler

#105. Quick Friendship Tip: You Need (Some) Time With Your Long Distance Friends

#106. Healing After Being Dropped from a Group of Friends: Meghan Judge

#107. Friendships between sisters-in-law plus roommates, cousins, and neighbors (Letter Spotlight)

#108. Talking to Friends about Money: Mia Brabham Nolan

#109. Quiet Quitting a Friendship: Dr. Miriam Kirmayer

#110. Navigating Friendships When You’re Neurodivergent: Dr. James Richardson

#111. The Friend Who Never Asks About You (Letter spotlight)

#112. How College Admissions Can Strain Teen Friendships: Kate Proger

#113. Unintentionally Hurting a Friend: (Revisiting an episode with my mom!)

#114. The Enneagram and Friendships: Christina Wilcox

#115. The Freshman Energy Trick for Making New Friends as an Adult

#116. Lose Track of who Makes the Plans and 7 Other Friendship Tips from Dr. Ruth: Allison Gilbert

#117. Hobbies and Friendship: Preparing for the Empty Nest and Retirement: Dara Collins and Donna Kassman

#118. Why Making Friends After 30 Can Feel So Hard: Julia Hotz

#119. Reviving Friendships that Drifted Apart (even decades later): Kay Paschal

#120. 6 Ways to be More Generous in Your Friendships: Emma Nadler

#121. Rules For Making Plans With Friends: (Letter Spotlight)

#122: Grieving the End of a Friendship: Revisiting a conversation with Diamonde Williamson

#123: Can Men and Women Really Be Just Friends?: Matt Ritter and Aaron Karo

#124: Friendship Who Criticize You and Two Other Dilemmas (Letter Spotlight)

#125: The 10% Rule in Friendships and the Negativity Bias : Ann Imig

#126: Is it Time For a Friendship Cleanse?: Anna Goldfarb

#127: See a Friend in Person This Month (January Challenge)

#128: Your Friends Won’t Always Say the Right Thing When You’re Struggling, Forgive Them: Steve Phillips

#129: Do you know how your friends like to be comforted in hard times?

#130: The Sober Curious Lifestyle and Your Friendships: Hallie Sawyer

#131: Start a Ritual/Tradition with Friends: Rachel Steinman and Rachel Winter (February Challenge)

#132: The Power of the 4 Types of Connection: Dr. Adam Dorsay

#133: Talking to Friends About Your Sex Life: Dr. Arielle Buch-Frohlich

#134: The Potential for Friendship in Fan Communities: SC Perot

#135: The Hyperlocal Friendship Challenge (March challenge)

#136: How Many Close Friends Do You Really Need?s: (Letter Spotlight) Rebekah Jacobs

#137: Find Your Walking Friends: (Encore) Leslie Hooton

#138: Why Community Isn’t the Same as Close Friendship: Seth D. Kaplan

#139: How to Start a Podcast

#140: Celebrating Friends’ Birthdays and Your Own Birthday (April challenge)

#141: Lessons from the White Lotus Friendship Trio: Rebekah Jacobs

#142: Friends, Phones, and the Problem of Distraction: Katherine Martinko

#143: The Law of Rejection in Friendships: Harlan Cohen

#144: The Secret Power of Changing the Venue in Your Friendship (May Challenge)

#145: Rules for Supporting Your Single Friends: Meghan Keane

#146: Tolerate Uncertainty & Stop the Overthinking Spiral in Your Friendships: Dr. Jackie Henry

#147: Share Good News With Friends + How to Receive Your Friends’ Good News

#148: Tricky Friendship Etiquette for the Modern Age: Daniel Post Senning

#149: Ask a Friend For a Favor (June Challenge)

#150: Join or Die: Pickleball, Potlucks, Democracy, and Your Health: Rebecca Davis and Pete Davis

#151: Myths Around Adult Friendships: Jazzmyn Proctor

#152: When Your Child’s Friendship Problems Reopen Old Wounds.: Beth Segaloff

#153: Three Questions to Reflect on Your Friendships: (July Challenge)

#154: Discretion vs. Gossip: How to Handle a Friend Who Overshares Your News (Letter Spotlight) Rebekah Jacobs

#155: Thriving Solo–Making Friends and Creating Community After a Big Move: Lisa Giordano

#156: Four Years In: The 4 Biggest Lessons I’ve Learned About Friendship (and 4 about podcasting too)

#157: When a Community Shows Up: Childhood Cancer, Friendship, and Lifelong Ripple Effects: Amy Blumenfeld

#158: You Need an Older or Younger Friend: Liz Alterman (August Challenge)

#159: Teaching Kindness Without Forcing Friendships: A Parenting Dilemma: (encore) Jessica Speer

#160: From the Cafeteria to the Mahj Table: Friend Group Challenges from Teens to Midlife and Beyond (LIVE!): Rebekah Jacobs

#161: How Much Can You Expect Friends to Support Your Business, Book, or New Endeavor?: Jackie Friedland

#162: Listen to Your “Bestie Brain,” Not Your “Bully Brain”: Leslie Randolph (September Challenge)

#163: Shame and Friendship: What We Hide, What We Share: Melissa Petro

#164: Making Mom Friends: Challenges & Opportunities: Alex Reed

#165: When One Friend Has Kids and the Other Doesn’t Dani Alpert

#166: Friendship Repair: How to Say I’m Sorry, Accept Apologies, and Ask for One: Marjorie Ingall

#167: Ask Your Friends More Questions (October Friendship Challenge)

#168: How to Get Beyond Small Talk and Build Closer Friendships: Jonah Kaplan

#169: Hosting a Salon: The Friendship Upgrade from Book Clubs: Linda-Marie Barrett

#170: The Friend Who Really Sees You: Hannah Rosenberg

#171: Brighten a Friend’s Day with One Simple Gesture (November Friendship Challenge)

#172: What “Beaches” Gets Right About Friendship: Professors Paul Eastwick & Eli Finkel (of The Love Factually Podcast)

#173: What Does It Take to Stay Friends for 40 Years? Sunny & Jenn

#174: Why Being Left Out by Friends Hurts So Much: Dr. Ben Rein

#175: Write a Letter to One Friend: (December Friendship Challenge)

#176: Divorce and the Impact on Your Friendships: Hope Lutz Firsel

Bonus Episode: Take Back Your Social Life (Nina on “SuperPsyched” with Dr. Adam Dorsay

#177: The Myth of Instant College Friends: Dr. Janice McCabe

#178: Top 5 Cities, Top 5 Episodes, and Friendship Takeaways from 2025: Rebekah Jacobs

#179: Your Newest Friendship Questions, Answered (With My Mom)

#180: Mean Mom Culture, Relational Aggression, and Belonging vs. Inclusion: Dr. Noelle Santorelli

#181: Exclusion and the Power to Build New Friendships: Amy Weatherly

#182: Three Phrases That Help When a Friend Is Experiencing Loss: Shelby Forsythia

#183: Are You Mad at Me? Friendship Anxiety and the Need for Validation: Meg Josephson

184: Why You Can Have Lots of Friends and Still Feel Insecure: Dr. Jeffrey Hall

#185: When Career Success Strains Your Friendships: Dr. Kimberly Horn

#186: The Friend Who Copies You — Flattering or Frustrating?: Candace Ourisman

#187: How ADHD Affects Adult Friendships–For People With ADHD and Their Friends: Cate Osborn and Erik Gude

#188. Are You Repeating the Same Unhealthy Friendship Patterns?: (encore) Roxanne Francis

#189: Male Friendship, Reconnecting, and the Power of Showing Up: Andrew McCarthy

#190: Why Birthdays Can Bring Up So Much Friendship Disappointment (Debra Arbit)

Bonus Episode: Socially Confident Kids in a Screen-Filled World (Nina on “Your Child is Normal” with Dr. Jessica Hochman)

#191: The Case for Work Friends and Where to Find Them (When You Work Alone): Lindsay Pinchuk

#192: Why Plans with Friends Don’t Happen—and How to Fix It

#193: How to Make Your City Better for Friendship: Aaron Hurst

#194: Low-Key, Creative Ways to Spend Time With Friends: Ashlee Gadd and Katie Blackburn

#195: Money Landmines with Friends: Group Trips, Weddings, and Splitting Checks: Heather Boneparth

Bonus episode: Are Your Friendships Surviving the Digital Age? Likes, Memes & What Really Matters (Nina on The Visibility Standard with Jazzmyn Proctor)

#196: Second Homes and Friendship: Hosting, FOMO, and Unspoken Expectations: Stephanie Hansen

#197: Anxious Attachment in Friendships: Why You Keep Wondering Where You Stand: Rebecca Stambridge

#198: Making Friends Through Work: Collaboration Over Competition: Kim Oster-Holstein and Mara Smith

#199: Traveling With Friends: Lessons From a Girls-Trip Regular: Rebekah Jacobs

#200: Why Talking to Strangers is Good For Your Friendships: Dr. Gillian Sandstrom

Bonus – An Episode Honoring Jill Smokler: Friendship, Cancer, and Community

#201: A Softer Way to Think About Friendships that Faded: Rebecca Kotok

#202: When Friends Make Plans Without You: Danielle Bayard Jackson

#203:  College Rankings Don’t Predict Where You’ll Belong: Alexis White

#204: “Go where the heat is”: My Husband on Five Years of Friendship Advice: Bryan Badzin

#205: Get Offline and See Your Friends 

#206: How Friendships Change When You Stop Drinking: Suzanne Warye

#207: The Teen Friendship Habits We Bring Into Adulthood: Sheri Gazitt

#208: Making Friends at Any Age Takes a Little Risk: Harlan Cohen

#209: Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Kids and Adults: Caroline Maguire

#210: AI, Friendship, and the Danger of Outsourcing Connection: Sarah Baldeo

#211: You Don’t Have to Be Fully Secure to Have Good Friendships: Dr. Marisa G. Franco

#212: What Your Behavior May be Saying to Your Friends: Laura Tremaine

#213: Friendship “Flings,” Uneven Effort, and Being Stuck in the Middle: Dr. Miriam Kirmayer

#214: Are We Giving Up on Our Friends Too Quickly?: Melissa Radke

#215: When Your Child Gets Dropped From a Friend Group: Andrea from Strong Mom Strong Girl

#216: Are You Expecting Too Much From One Friend?: Sally Vardaman