Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman are co-hosts of the podcast\xa0Call Your Girlfriend\xa0and co-authors of the new book\xa0Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close.\u201cPeople telling you about their lives is a real privilege and honor. No one owes you to tell you their story. Sometimes in the world of people who write or people who make media there is just this expectation that everything is on the table, especially if you\u2019re two women who make media, that we\u2019re supposed to just share our pain and everything that\u2019s going on in our lives but that\u2019s not fair and it\u2019s not true and I think the larger project of this book is really sharing these stories in service of having an honest dialogue about how other people are doing friendship.\u201d\n\nThanks to\xa0Mailchimp\xa0for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow notes:\n@aminatou\n@annfriedman\nbigfriendship.com\nannfriedman.com\nLongform Podcast #37: Ann Friedman\n2:00\xa0Mailchimp Presents: By The Books\n19:00\xa0Shine Theory\n1:08:15\xa0Carrie Frye\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices