How do friendships change as we get older? Should you join a bowling league? And also: how does a cook become a chef?
Hi, NSQ listeners.
Producer Rebecca here.
We're off this week celebrating Thanksgiving, so we're coming to you with two conversations from the NSQ archive that speak to a couple of the major themes of the holiday season, friendship and food.
The first half of the show is a replay of the very first episode that Mike and Angela ever recorded together, and the second half is a conversation between Angela and chef and author Gabrielle Hamilton.
We hope you enjoy listening to these old favorites, and we'll be back next week with a brand new episode.
No, really, men want to have friends.
I'm Angela Duckworth.
I'm Mike Mann, and you're listening to.
No stupid questions today on the show.
How do you make friends as an adult?
People are kind of like, I'm good.
I don't want anybody else.
Mike Mawn, I am on a scale from zero to ten, I want to say eleven in excitement to talk to you today about something that we both care about, and that is friendship.
That is something we care about and something that we have.
Exactly.
So Minnie, who's one of our listeners, writes to us with the following question.
I would like to know if it becomes difficult to make close friends, not acquaintances as you grow older, especially in your forties and beyond.
And by the way, Mike, this idea of making close friends even in mid adulthood, it kind of is us.
I agree.
I mean, look, I feel very lucky to count you as among my dearest friends.