Mingle and Eat: Sharing meals with others supports happiness and social connections

The World Happiness Report for 2025 is out. Today, Michael's eye was drawn toward Chapter 3, because of its connection to mingling: "Sharing Meals With Others Supports Happiness And Social Connections." Listen to his conversation with one of the authors of this chapter, Micah Katz, a doctoral student in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also a research associate at the Wellbeing Research Centre at Oxford, and a senior analyst at the Happiness Research Institute. Original air date 21 March 2025. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.