BFF? with Claire Cohen
In BFF?, journalist Claire Cohen explores the truth about female friendship through honest and open-hearted conversations with special guests.
From the time we start school, we are fed a diet of 'Best Friends Forever' - the idea that you should have a female soulmate to whom you tell all your secrets and who always has your back. It's the stuff of Hollywood films, but for most of us it isn't achievable. We spend years striving for a vision of female friendship that isn't realistic instead of searching for what suits us best or appreciating what we've already got.
Claire Cohen wants to change that. In this podcast, she enlists the help of a wonderful cast of guests to chew over tricky subjects such as making new friends as an adult, the ‘friendship gap’, breaking-up with friends and finding comfort in community.
This is a companion podcast to Claire Cohen's new book ‘BFF?: The Truth About Female Friendship’.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 7
- Years Active
- 2022
Unfriend with Liz Pryor
In this episode Claire talks to relationships expert and author Liz Pryor about the end of female friendships - why so many of us feel shame around it, how you can dump a friend more kindly and how t…
Best Friends with Isy Suttie
Claire talks to Isy Suttie about the best friendships that have helped to shape her life. In this episode you’ll hear how Isy has kept her two besties from school, why she made new best friends as an…
Unlikely Friends with Emma Barnett
Claire talks to Emma Barnett about the unique, serendipitous, unlikely friendships that have played such important roles in her life. In this episode you’ll meet a favourite schoolteacher, a beloved …
Work Friends with Daisy Buchanan
On the podcast this week, Daisy Buchanan joins Claire to talk about making friends at work. From the competitive colleague to the loyal lunch buddy, work friendships can be tricky to navigate - so ho…
'The Friendship Gap' with Nell Frizzell
Nell Frizzell joins Claire this week to talk about 'The Friendship Gap’ - what happens when one of you experiences a big life change and your friendship is suddenly not on the same page. Is it possib…
New Friends with Radhika Sanghani
Radhika Sanghani is on the podcast this week to share the story of her very deliberate (and very successful) mission to seek out new friendships. Come for the handy tips on beating loneliness, stay f…
Welcome to the Podcast
In BFF?, journalist Claire Cohen explores the truth about female friendship through honest and open-hearted conversations with special guests.
From the time we start school, we are fed a diet of 'Bes…