Valentine’s Day Isn’t Just for Romance—The Science of Deep Friendships

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  Happy Valentine's Day, listeners.

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  For Scientific American Science Quickly, I'm Rachel Feltman.

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  For many people,

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  today is all about scrambling to get last minute dinner reservations and spending lots of money.

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  I mean, showing your significant other how much you care about them.

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  But what about your other significant others?

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  What about Galentine's Day and Palantine's Day?

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  Today's guest wants to help us understand

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  that non romantic love and partnership can change our lives for the better.

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  Raina Cohen is a producer and editor for NPR's Embedded podcast and she's also the author of the book the Other Significant Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center.

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  She's here today to share what she's learned about the history and psychology of human friendship.

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  Reina, thanks so much for joining us today.

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  Glad to get to talk about this.

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  So what inspired you to write this book?

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  I fell into a friendship that for me really defied even what the definition of friendship was.

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  My friend, who I refer to as Em, she and I became much more like partners pretty quickly.

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  I felt a kind of excitement about our friendship that surpassed anything that I had felt before.

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  We were incorporated into each other's routines in a way that I think is more reminiscent of a romantic relationship where you're,

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  you know, seeing each other most days of the week,

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  bring each other to your office holiday parties,

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