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News Articles: friendship

Jo Strogatz, 23, is the grand-prize winner of the NPR College Podcast Challenge. She spoke with NPR at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine, where she produced <em>Just Friends</em>.

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  • Education

This award-winning podcast explores finding happiness as a young, single person

From hundreds of entries, our judges chose one student's intimate telling of the value of lifelong friendships and being single as the grand-prize winner of the NPR College Podcast Challenge.

May 20, 2025
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  • Jonaki Mehta and
  • Janet W. Lee
Eleanor Heginbotham (middle) with two of the people — Rachel Goslins (left) and Soumayah Zein (right) — who helped her on New Year's Eve 2022.

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  • Arts & Life

When Eleanor Heginbotham's car broke down on New Year's Eve, a group of strangers jumped in

Eleanor Heginbotham was at the post office on New Year's Eve 2022 when her car wouldn't start. For 40 minutes, a group of strangers came to her aid, including someone who would later become a friend.

March 25, 2025
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  • Laura Kwerel
Author Eric Puchner's new novel, <em>Dream State,</em> is about a love triangle that tests the decades-long friendship of two college friends.

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  • Book News & Features

New novel asks: How much can a male friendship take?

Eric Puchner's new novel, Dream State, was just named the latest Oprah book club pick. It's about a love triangle that tests the decades-long friendship of two college friends.

February 19, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
An effort called One More Hour, created by the Foundation for Social Connection and the dating app Hinge, invests in groups where people can find friends — like this surfing club for women of color in Los Angeles called Intrsxtn Surf.

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  • Mental Health

How to solve the Gen Z social isolation problem? She tried surfing and it worked

Young people today spend nearly 1,000 fewer hours per year hanging out with friends in person than they did 20 years ago. Some solutions for the loneliness epidemic are coming from unlikely places.

November 30, 2024
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  • Katia Riddle
<em>Aaron Martin Garcia</em>, 2023.

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  • Perspective

Photos of a 3-year friendship that ended with an unsolved murder in New Mexico

Photographer Andrés Mario de Varona recounts his relationship with Aaron Garcia, which began outside a gas station near his home in Santa Fe, through a series of photos captured between 2020 and 2023.

April 30, 2024
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  • Andrés Mario de Varona

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  • Health

Close friends can help you live longer but they can spread some bad habits too

Don't skip Friendsgiving. A large new study confirms that close friendships are vital to our health. But BFFs tend to share certain vices, too.

November 20, 2023
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  • Maggie Mertens
Can your bestie be a health benefit?

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  • Research News

How many friends do Americans have? A survey crunched the numbers

A study released this month from the Pew Research Center has delved into what friendship in the U.S. looks like, and just how much they mean to us.

October 25, 2023
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
Jason Silverman, on the exercise bike, and his friend Melissa Mills go to the gym together when they hang out. The pair are part of the Friendship Project in Framingham, Massachusetts.

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  • Your Health

Chipping away at the 'epidemic of loneliness,' one new friendship at a time

A growing body of research shows loneliness has profound implications for physical and mental health. Some organizations in Massachusetts are trying to help people connect to lessen those affects.

September 12, 2023
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  • Priyanka Dayal McCluskey

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  • Perspective

9 more ways to show your friends you love them, recommended by NPR listeners

Last month, we asked NPR's audience to share creative ways they show affection in their platonic relationships. Some ideas? Ask friends how they're really doing ... and give them the gift of time.

October 07, 2022
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  • Malaka Gharib
Maintaining friendships and social networks during the pandemic often takes effort.

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  • National

Young People Struggle To Keep Friends Close As Pandemic Pulls Them Apart

The pandemic has prolonged the post-graduation transition amid a tough economy. With the lack of in-person interaction, young professionals are trying to adjust to a diminishing social circle.

February 23, 2021
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By:
  • Hadia Bakkar

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