We probably don’t think very much about our interactions with retail workers, service industry staff and other strangers we run into throughout the course of our daily lives. But as the pandemic has disrupted those relationships, there are potentially serious ramifications to one’s health and well being. Amanda Mull, a staff writer at “The Atlantic,” recently took a look at the effects of losing these “weak-tie” relationships and joins “This Matters” to discuss why it is a healthy to have a loose definition of who we consider our friends. Listen to this episode and more at “This Matters” or subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favourite podcasts. If you would like to support the journalism of the Toronto Star, you can subscribe at thestar.com/subscribingmatters.

Source: thestar February 09, 2021 20:37 UTC