The Friendly Podcast

Episodes

1. 15

   S2E4 - The 36 Questions part 2

   Break? What break? This episode was released 2 weeks after the previous, as usual. Shrinkhala and Sarah finish the 36 Questions to increase intimacy and reflect on the takeaway messages from this exercise for friendships. We conclude: 1) haunt your father tenderly as a positive, supportive ghost...

   Nov 4, 2018

   38m
2. 14

   S2E3 - The 36 Questions part 1

   Is there a way to hack friendship, or even love? That's exactly what the more pop-psychology minded advocates of the "36 questions" claim to do. Initially developed by psychologist Arthur Aron, these questions have been popularized through articles in the New York Times, and features in other...

   Apr 2, 2018

   56m
3. 13

   S2E2 - Sibling Friendships

   Watch out, This American Life, because Friendly just launched its first ~narrative style episode. Anyone with siblings knows that the sibling dynamic is...tenuous at times (i.e. you often want to render unspeakable violence on to each other). But it's also a dynamic that changes over time…

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   Mar 5, 2018

   19m
4. 12

   S2E1 - Male-Male Friendships

   In our grand return Shrinkhala and Sarah welcome you to a radical new seven-dimensional form of podcasting! We also interview Matt Rea and Reg Wiebe, co-hosts of the Plot Device podcast, about friendships between men and masculine-identifying folks: do stereotypes apply? How do these friendships...

   Feb 11, 2018

   31m
5. 11

   Friendly Minute 03 - Sticky Note of Shame

   In this Friendly Minute we're giving a preview of Season 2 with a peek at an interview we did with Sarah's brother, Ian. The sibs share stories to try to embarrass each other but mostly end up embarrassing Sarah, who thought it was important she try to teach her older brother moral lessons as a...

   Dec 17, 2017

   4m
6. 10

   Friendly Minute 02 - Strange Animals

   For our second Friendly minute, we try something thematically different by asking each other: "Hey, if you had to be several animals stuffed inside an item of clothing, which animal would you be and why?" We may have been a bit buzzed, but we learn some new and important (I guess?) facts about...

   Dec 5, 2017

   9m
7. 9

   Friendly Minute 01 - Lucky Encounters

   Shrinkhala and Sarah are back in a miniature episode to discuss friendships made in unconventional ways. Have you met a friend via strange or serendipitous circumstances? Share your stories with us! Email [email protected] or tweet @friendlypodcast. Acknowledgements: Theme music: Disco...

   Nov 20, 2017

   6m
8. 8

   8- Keeping in Touch

   The fantastical season 1 finale is here! Appropriately, we talk all about keeping in touch: how often do you need to talk to someone for it to "count"? Does role-playing as Harry Potter help? For the first time in this podcast's history, we even do some Questionable Statistics on our own friends…

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   Aug 28, 2017

   51m
9. 7

   7- Soft Boys

   Hello and welcome to a very special episode of the Friendly Podcast! If you consume online media, you've probably come across this personality type before. The man who eschews traditional norms of masculinity. He's not afraid to talk about his emotions, has a cool, self-eraciating ~post-meme~…

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   Aug 14, 2017

   30m
10. 6

    6 - Friendship in Bridesmaids (2011)

    Hey pals! Your good buddies Shrinkhala and Sarah are back at it again with a case study on friendships in the 2011 hit movie Bridesmaids! Do the bridesmaids actually have any friends? Do we buy the whole nice guy act from the movie's main love interest? Would you be friends with a sociopathic but...

    Aug 1, 2017

    49m
11. 5

    5- Friends Ask Questions (FAQ)

    We answer questions about friendship from the popular Internet Web Sites Buzzfeed and Hello Giggles. Join us as we ponder what felonies friends should commit for each other, how involved you should be about your friends' significant others, and deepen our own friendship by asking each other such...

    Jul 16, 2017

    37m
12. 4

    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…

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    Jul 3, 2017

    41m
13. 3

    3- The Soulmate Concept

    Is "soulmate" a word that should apply to friendships as well? We dive into this idea and include an essential ~inspirational quote~ to help us along. In our new segment Friend-a-pedia, we discuss some little-known terms and jargon relating to friendship. Importantly, we try to answer whether or...

    Jun 18, 2017

    35m
14. 2

    2- Friendships And #socialmedia

    How does social media change the way we form and maintain friendships? Are #millenials ruining everything? We also attempt to figure out what inspirational friendship quotes are trying to tell us and take a look at the friendships in BoJack Horseman. "Friendship Mountain" article by Tim Urban…

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    Jun 5, 2017

    53m
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    1- Adult Friendships Are Hard

    We discuss the challenges and joys of adult friendships, take a look at Harry Potter and Hermione Granger's relationship (#Harmony shippers beware), and share facts we learned while researching this week. Acknowledgements: Theme music: Disco Sheik - Podington Bear Hedwig's Theme - John Williams...

    May 21, 2017

    51m