Is the cure to male loneliness going to the park? With Hannah Seo

Researchers are starting to discover surprising links between loneliness and biophobia. Why are people avoiding social interactions and staying inside so much? Why does an indoor life make the natural world seem so scary and gross? And how do these two trends affect men in particular, who are already more lonely than women? We talk to journalist Hannah Seo to find out.

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Recent findings on "the vicious cycle of biophobia"

How spending time in ⁠green spaces is linked to social cohesion and improved mental health⁠

How American's are spending more time alone than ever before

Men are ⁠four times more likely than women to die by suicide⁠ but ten percentage points less likely than women to access mental health care.

A YouGov poll in 2019 concluded that one in five British men have no close friends, twice as many as women.

Guest Bio:

Hannah Seo is a Korean-Canadian freelance journalist, writer, editor, fact-checker and poet based in Brooklyn. She recently completed a reporting fellowship with The New York Times, and her other journalism can be found in The Atlantic, Vox, and The Guardian, among others. Her beats include the oceans, climate change, and mental health. The article we discuss in this episode, called "⁠America Is Getting Lonelier and More Indoorsy. That’s Not a Coincidence,"⁠ was published in the Atlantic.