Airdate: Thursday, October 16 at 10:20AM
Best friends: they’re the ones you’d drop everything for, spill your guts to and ask to help you move. Vox correspondent Allie Volpe has taken a close look at how best friends stave off not just social alienation but also emotional loneliness and why ranking our friendships on a scale of acquaintance can help us conserve social energy. We talk about the value of having a best friend in adulthood. How would you describe your relationship with your best friend?