Alison Pugh
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first heard Mar 2025
last heard 9 Jul
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A sociologist who discussed the influence of social media and cultural shifts on family dynamics.
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentDr. Joshua ColemanGood Life Project · Healing Family Estrangement: What To Say, And What Never to ... · 3:52 · 9 Jul
…And therapists have become what the sociologist Alison Pugh calls detachment brokers, meaning they're people who sort of help us to detach from people that in other generations we'd feel obligated to be involved with.…
Shankar VedantamHidden Brain · Escaping Perfectionism · 49:08 · Sep 2025
…Sociologist Alison Pugh returns to the show to answer listener questions about connective labor and why feeling seen by other people is so powerful and underappreciated.…
Shankar VedantamHidden Brain · Relationships 2.0: The Price of Disconnection · 36:56 · Mar 2025
…Alison Pugh is a sociologist at Johns Hopkins University. She's the author of The Last Human Job, the work of connecting in a disconnected world. Alison says it's possible for people to learn to get better at seeing other people. In fact, she teaches this skill to students.…
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