Ideas and field lessons on rebuilding connection in America — drawn from conversations on the podcast and the work of community builders nationwide.
How We Connected
The Block Party Doesn’t Need a Bouncy House
Block Party USA founder Vanessa Elias on the block party ideas that actually work: keep it micro-local, add one element of play, bring name tags, and let neighbors carry the rest.
You Don’t Need New Friends in Your 50s. You Need New Conversations.
Chip Conley has watched thousands of people in midlife rediscover friendship at the Modern Elder Academy. His advice is not to find new friends in your 50s. It is to have a new conversation with the ones you already have.
Leave It on the Trail: Recharging Your Social Battery Together
Magalie Remy was the kid in the corner with a book. Now she leads 500 women into the woods. Her mindful hiking community shows how a small social battery and real connection can fit together.
