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Janice McCabe...Making, Keeping and Losing FriendsExplicit

with Shaun Emerson & Chris Lozier

S5 · E31 hr 1 min

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In this episode, Shaun and Chris interview Janice McCabe, a sociologist from Dartmouth College and author of "Making, Keeping, and Losing Friends." They discuss making friends in college, the importance of propinquity and homophily, tight knitters, compartmentalizers, and samplers, friendship markets, the Dunbar number, her recommendation for students, parents and colleges, men and women as friends, the importance of intention in making friends and more.

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