Gary Direnfeld

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2,805 appearances 16 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 9 Apr

Gary Direnfeld’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Last Show with David Cooper · Loneliness and Making Friends · 9 Apr 2026 podcast

I like this person from a distance.

Am I going to like them when we're up close and personal?

It's a risk.

So if you want to make friends, somehow or other, you put yourself out there.

You concern yourself with what's going on in the life of the other.

You are authentic about your own.

You don't need to disclose your whole life all at once.

Well, you know, I think I actually made a new friend last night.

Gary after dark.

Arlene and I went out for an ice cream.

We went to Jackson's Point, not far from where we live.

There's EM Ice Cream.

And the owner was so lovely.

So we just start chatting.

I take a picture to post to Facebook because I want to promote his business.

In walks this other guy, also chatting.

And we're talking about, Jackson's Point is a very old community, very old town.

The guy who's running the ice cream shop, he bought some storefronts, fixed them up beautifully.

And so we were going over the history and

I've been going there since I was born in 1956.

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