StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
What Loneliness Does To Your Brain with Ben Rein artwork

What Loneliness Does To Your Brain with Ben Rein

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
S16 E6601:06:10
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What does loneliness do to our brains? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly explore how the loneliness epidemic impacts our minds, bodies, and even our lifespan with neuroscientist Ben Rein, author of Why Brains Need Friends: The Science of Social Connection. NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/what-loneliness-does-to-your-brain-with-ben-rein/ Thanks to our Patrons kendrick bell, edthri, Patrick Canada, Robert Reyes, Rob, Link and Zelda, sweetheat223, Austin Liu, k, Brian Crimmins, Dominic Miller, Thomas Hammer, Tanuj Khandelwal, Adam Bukowski, Gavin Jones-Verity, Powell Houser, Paul Westenheffer, Diego Escamilla Quintana, Mark Johnston, Sam Richie, Kate Bornstein, Terry, Roger Craig, Lawrence Sansevere, Paul Medrano, Maaz Gundagi, Ken Dodge, Bob Wilson, Airshipguy, Adam Omelan, Joseph Jones, Athena Conkins, Peter Keller, Keitumetse Tlokana, The Clacken, Kris Fisher, Jonathan, Tamos Memes, Jesse Krist, Stephanie Thorsen, Scanman, Samuel Steffen, TheEvilSensei, Amporn Rabuenam, Danielle, James Gill, D. Jerome Johnson, Paul Seikel, Quentin, Max Gueli, Sascha, Ed Parker, Kevin Kazaryan, Sean Dowd, Steve Lauson, Jeff Franz, skymaster, Nikolas Holloway, Brando Kaminski, CapApolllo, Mario Hill, WayToOReckless, Sven Felske, Gabriel Garus, Rick Lowes, Raul Luces, Bruce A. Hill, Donkey Kong, Villanarei Cosplay, Rion Hallaran, Travéz Pinto, Doni Black, Terrence Romero, Marie Willumsen, Tristan, Кристиан Михайлов, Gabriel Lee, Diana, Mike Neal, Professor Pixel, jkos21, trolows, Mithun Manivannan, JoshB, Kim DeLaquil, R Schultz, Robin Edser, david halliday, James LEwandowski, John Johnston, DJ BeeAre, writerseye, Tomer Dvir, Murph, Dan Burke, Lord Beerus, VIctor Rivas, Melinda, Enrique, Richard Denson, Nate, Jen Carr, Marc-Antoine Robichaud, José Cabral, Alex Osborn, Devyn Fidel, and David Villasmil for supporting us this week. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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