StarTalk Radio · 2025-10-31 · 66 min · 13,054 words

What Loneliness Does To Your Brain with Ben Rein

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On Special Edition, we finally got neuroscientist on top of the lonely situation. Good. About time. Yeah. And what's the cure?

Bring a friend. Coming up all about loneliness and what we're doing about it. Welcome to Star Talk. Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide. Star Talk begins right now.

This is Star Talk Special Edition. Neil deGrasse Tyson here, your personal astrophysicist. And when you hear special edition, it means Gary O'Reilly is in the house. Hey, Neil. You you and your editors cooked this stuff up.

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