New podcast explores research on loneliness and well-being
November 7, 2024 – The podcast Frontiers in Health & Happiness—launched in October by the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health—is devoting its first six episodes to loneliness and well-being. Hosted by Ayla Fudala, the Center’s communications coordinator, each episode features a researcher discussing the loneliness epidemic, solutions, and ways to promote social connectedness.
The first two episodes of the biweekly series featured Jeremy Nobel, a lecturer at Harvard Chan School and founder of Project UnLonely, who spoke about finding connection through creativity, and Louise Hawkley, an expert on loneliness and health during aging.
The podcast helps fulfill the Center’s goal of making the latest scientific research on happiness, health, and well-being accessible to the public, said K. Vish Viswanath, Lee Kum Kee Professor of Health Communication and center director, in the podcast’s trailer. He and his colleagues chose the theme of loneliness in response to the advisory issued last year by U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on the nation’s dangerously high levels of social disconnection.
“It is important to understand why loneliness will affect our happiness and health, and what one can do about it,” Viswanath said. “My hope is that this podcast, and the experts who speak to us, will help us elucidate the problem behind this epidemic as well as advise us on what we can do to address it.”
Listen to the podcast: Frontiers in Health & Happiness
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