Nosheen Iqbal

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3,471 appearances 44 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard today

Nosheen Iqbal’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 44 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 12.

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Today in Focus · Is it cool to have no friends? · 23 Sep 2026 podcast

I mean, d did any of that sort of resonate with you and how how does that sort of land when someone says that to you? voice-verified

That you began posting in April. voice-verified

There voice-verified

was this sort of a boom in some ways, it was really viral for people to be posting about solitude and I wonder voice-verified

Was that any of that an encouragement for you and did that content particularly resonate with you? voice-verified

Jessica Murray, you're the Guardian's social affairs correspondent and you recently wrote a piece about why young people today have fewer friends. voice-verified

And your reporting was based on new research from the Institute for Public Policy Research, which found that the number of young people in England with no close friends voice-verified

Has risen fivefold since twenty fourteen, standing at one in twenty now and voice-verified

A growing number of people saying that they're not happy with the friends that they do have. voice-verified

How do you understand what's going on here and what did you find out by digging into the story? voice-verified

Yeah, voice-verified

Well you also wrote about a contemporary trend which has really taken off in recent months and that is the loneliness influencer. voice-verified

When did you first come across one? voice-verified

videos to the audience? voice-verified

the Ikea aspect of this? voice-verified

This does become a business model and that's monetized for for lots of the successful ones. voice-verified

do to shape the stuff they're making to drive engagement? voice-verified

you cover social affairs across the country. voice-verified

What do you think this trend tells us about the possibilities of voice-verified

Finding connection in offline life. voice-verified

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