Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

Robin Dunbar: Circles of Friendship

Jan 11, 2022

42:56

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Do Andorphins Make You Live Longer?

02:57

Are You Making Less Friends?

03:02

Men's Friendships Are More Club Like Than Women's

03:05

Introduction

3min

Is the Size of a Hunter Gatherer Group Around a Hundred and 50?

3min

You're Known by Other People, That They Witness Your Behaviour

2min

How to Make and Keep Friends in Monkeys

2min

Does It Depend on the Culture of the Relationship?

4min

How Long Will You Live?

2min

How Can You Have Hair for a Friend?

2min

Men's Friendships Are More Club Like Than Women's

3min

C W's New Series, Naomi, Premiering to Night on the C W

2min

10.

Is There a Limit on the Number of Friends on Facebook?

3min

11.

Do Andorphins Make You Live Longer?

3min

12.

Are You Making Less Friends?

3min

13.

The Seven Pillars of Friendship

4min

14.

The Most Complicated Thing in the Universe

2min

15.

How Do You Stop a Compulsive Talker?

2min

16.

What Changed Your Life?

2min

17.

The Power of Our Most Important Relationships

3min

Dunbar’s Number is the most people you can have meaningful relationships with. But that number – 150 – is only one of the many circles of friends and acquaintances in your life. And one of those circles, according to Robin’s research, can determine how long you’ll live.

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