Sitting inside a warm, inviting cafe is the perfect time to catch up and laugh with friends. It’s a charming thing to do in ...

Hanging out has never seemed quite so important as it has since the pandemic began. Sudden, forced isolation gave way to simultaneously jubilant and tepid communion. Now that people have settled ...

Today’s episode is about the extraordinary decline in face-to-face socializing in America—and the real stakes of the country’s hanging-out crisis. From 2003 to 2022, American adults reduced their ...