Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship is a podcast about the friendships that shape our lives and sometimes confuse us. Host Nina Badzin talks honestly with writers, therapists, creatives, and real people about making friends as adults, losing them, repairing them, and letting them change. Nina is a thoughtful, warm, and refreshingly real voice in the podcast space. Each episode includes nuance, humor, and a direct approach to the hard stuff of friendship we don’t always say out loud. If you’ve ever wondered “Is this normal?” about a friendship, you’re in the right place.
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Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship is a podcast about the friendships that shape our lives and sometimes confuse us. Host Nina Badzin talks honestly with writers, therapists, creatives, and real people about making friends as adults, losing them, repairing them, and letting them change. Nina is a thoughtful, warm, and refreshingly real voice in the podcast space. Each episode includes nuance, humor, and a direct approach to the hard stuff of friendship we don’t always say out loud. If you’ve ever wondered “Is this normal?” about a friendship, you’re in the right place.
#173 - What Makes a Friendship Last: Lessons from 40 Years (with Sunny & Jenn)
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship
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#173 - What Makes a Friendship Last: Lessons from 40 Years (with Sunny & Jenn)
What actually makes a friendship last?
In this episode, Nina talks with longtime best friends Pam “Sunny” Sunshine and Peloton’s Jenn Sherman about the habits that have kept them close for over 40 years. From proximity and scheduling to cheering each other on, handling conflict honestly, and staying open to new friendships later in life, their story is full of practical takeaways for anyone craving steadier, more joyful connections. Whether you’re rebuilding your friend circle or trying to protect the friendships you treasure, this conversation will help you see what really matters—and what doesn’t.
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Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship is a podcast about the friendships that shape our lives and sometimes confuse us. Host Nina Badzin talks honestly with writers, therapists, creatives, and real people about making friends as adults, losing them, repairing them, and letting them change. Nina is a thoughtful, warm, and refreshingly real voice in the podcast space. Each episode includes nuance, humor, and a direct approach to the hard stuff of friendship we don’t always say out loud. If you’ve ever wondered “Is this normal?” about a friendship, you’re in the right place.
