4- Friendships Through History

This week we took a look at some surprising historical friendships (did you know Helen Keller and Alexander Graham Bell were buds?), the differences in friendship values between North America and West Africa, and in a new segment called Imaginary Friends, we chatted about historical or pop culture figures who we would want to have as friends. You know, in that hypothetical other universe where you can just hang out with Thomas Edison if you want.

Thank you to Podington Bear for the use of our theme song, Disco Shiek.

We also discussed the following article by G. Adams and V. Plaut: The cultural grounding of personal relationship: Friendship in North American and West African worlds. Personal Relationships, 10(3), 333-347.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Glenn_Adams/publication/7762002_The_Cultural_Grounding_of_Personal_Relationship_Enemyship_in_North_American_and_West_African_Worlds/links/02e7e517e88fd794d1000000/The-Cultural-Grounding-of-Personal-Relationship-Enemyship-in-North-American-and-West-African-Worlds.pdf