Self-proclaimed “Biiig Apple Girl” Carly Cassidy is on a mission to fight the loneliness epidemic one friendship at a time. Through candid chats with real-life friends, Core Friends dives into origin stories, growing pains, and the beauty of platonic love at every age. Your ears (and your heart) are in good company here.
From a Train to My Living Room: The Friends We Find Along the Route
In this episode I sit down with Sande, a 40+ year New Yorker with the rent stabilized apartment to prove it! Sande and I met by chance (or by luck in my opinion) when seated next to each other on a train and have since become friends. We talk about everything from the NYC blackout of 1977 to kitchen fires and most important of all friendship!
Podcast Intro- 'if tears could dance (i'll be alright) by STELLA. & pedram (https://open.spotify.com/track/2kRcsSubn83JokYTfVFcer?si=3wlr45MlTFGuw6wvckocPw&nd=1&dlsi=e7b49ef099474766)
Cover photo- Meghan Marshall (https://www.instagram.com/meghan.marshall/?hl=en)
1 Sept 2026
From a Boobie Shower to Best Friends feat. Emily
This week I am joined by core friend, Emily to go over our origin story and maintaining friendships across state lines and oceans. We also get into college radio, Catholic school chaos, and taking leaps of faith online.
Podcast Intro- 'if tears could dance (i'll be alright) by STELLA. & pedram (https://open.spotify.com/track/2kRcsSubn83JokYTfVFcer?si=3wlr45MlTFGuw6wvckocPw&nd=1&dlsi=e7b49ef099474766)
Cover photo- Meghan Marshall (https://www.instagram.com/meghan.marshall/?hl=en)
Check out Emily's substack here (https://substack.com/@nightmarereels)
Subscribe to my substack here (https://substack.com/@trappedrenaissancewoman)
5 Jul 2026
I Started a Podcast About Friendship and I Don't Have Any Close Friends with David Nebinski
This episode is a resharing of a guest episode I did for my friend David's podcast, the 'Portfolio Career Podcast.'
Titled and inspired by a substack article (https://trappedrenaissancewoman.substack.com/p/i-started-a-podcast-about-friendship) I wrote about Core Friends titled, I Started a Podcast About Friendship and I Don't Have Any Close Friends.
I also debrief highlights from our conversation in this article (https://substack.com/@trappedrenaissancewoman/p-202333360), Core Friends: Stop Trying to Make Fetch Happen.
We talk about the challenges of modern friendship, try to answer the question, 'what is a best friend?' and more!
You can find David's podcast here (https://www.portfoliocareerpodcast.com/) and follow him on substack here (https://davidnebinski.substack.com/).
Podcast Intro- 'if tears could dance (i'll be alright) by STELLA. & pedram (https://open.spotify.com/track/2kRcsSubn83JokYTfVFcer?si=3wlr45MlTFGuw6wvckocPw&nd=1&dlsi=e7b49ef099474766)
Cover photo- Meghan Marshall (https://www.instagram.com/meghan.marshall/?hl=en)
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