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b'Conversations with Malcolm Harris and Julia Bainbridge.\\n\\nThis episode, we\\u2019re talking about loneliness\\u2014versus solitude, versus self-isolation. My first guest, author, editor, and critic Malcolm Harris and I discuss what it\\u2019s like to be young in America today: how obsession with productiveness and our human capital, has us feeling perpetually burnt out, anxious, and lonely.\\n\\nDuring the latter half, I speak to Julia Bainbridge\\u2014writer, editor, and fellow podcaster. Her show, The Lonely Hour, explores loneliness and solitude\\u2014not as states to fix or escape, but ones to inhabit fearlessly and learn from. Because of the coronavirus-induced self-isolation, we\\u2019re all geting into a habit of being alone\\u2014something Julia worries is \\u201cdangerous for our species that\\u2019s hardwired for connection.\\u201d'