Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship
Hosted by Nina · Nina Badzin
4.9from 399 ratings
- 367
- Episodes
- 127
- Transcribed
- 399
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 217K
- YouTube views
About Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship
“Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship” is for anyone who wants to make sense of the gray areas of adult friendship: changed closeness, uneven effort, group dynamics, hurt feelings, and what to say and do next. As Nina always says, "Friendship issues are ageless and timeless." You can listen and relate to these topics no matter your age or your stage of life. And Dear Nina is a top 1% podcast so people of all ages are listening! Whether you've agonized over a text, wondered why you're always the one reaching out, found yourself drifting away from an old friend, or you want to make (and keep!) friends at ANY stage of life—this show gets it. It’s serious and practical, but you’ll laugh a lot too as you recognize the universality of human behavior when it comes to friendships. "Dear Nina" is hosted by Nina Badzin, who has been answering anonymous questions with "warm directness" in her friendship column since 2014 and in other writing about friendship for over 20 years. Every episode digs into the questions adults don't always want to ask out loud. Should you salvage a friendship that's fading or let it be? How do you kindly turn down an acquaintance who wants to be closer, but you're just not feeling the same chemistry? With over 200 episodes, the examples are endless. Nina has been writing about friendship in various capacities for two decades, and her advice has been featured in NPR, Real Simple Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Time Magazine, The Skimm, and many other outlets. Every episode leaves room for the fact that there are no perfect answers. There's only real talk, a lot of warmth, and the reminder that if you're overthinking your friendships, you're probably just someone who cares deeply about the people in your life. Social connections MATTER deeply for your health and happiness! Let's talk about how to make it all easier. ALL THE DEAR NINA LINKS + CONTACT INFO !! Catch up on all Dear Nina episodes on Apple (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dear-nina-conversations-about-friendship/id1576473592) and Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/10dW5qgcHmeoxUMRnNHblV) 📢 How to promote your service, business, or book (https://bejewled-amphibian-73d.notion.site/Dear-Nina-Conversations-About-Friendship-Ad-Opportunities-3020e83fa17b8040ae36eb4d52e1221a) on Dear Nina 🎈 Celebrate your friend on the show (https://forms.gle/G9oY69eZMy5NziMLA) by dedicating a week of episodes! 📱 Subscribe to my newsletter “Conversations About Friendship” on Substack (https://dearnina.substack.com/) ❤️ Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/dearninafriendship), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@dearninafriendship?lang=en), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@dearninafriendship), & the Dear Nina Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/855246118403712) 📪 Ask an anonymous friendship question (https://ninabadzin.com/dearnina/) 📪 email: dearninapodcast@gmail.com (mailto:dearninapodcast@gmail.com) 🔎 Want to work with me on your podcast, your friendships, or need another link? That’s probably here (https://linktr.ee/ninabadzin).
- Publisher
- Nina Badzin
- Category
- education · health & fitness · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Jul 2021
- Latest episode
- 8 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
127 of 367 episodes have a transcript.
8 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
#219 - “She Was Never Your Friend” is Not Good Advice
2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
#218 - Why We Should Be a Little More Social (Even When We Don't Feel Like It) - Nicholas Epley
27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
#217 - The Friendship Conversation You've Been Avoiding (Jewel Hohman)
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#219 - “She Was Never Your Friend” is Not Good Advice
Published 8 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And so not only do you not have the full story, you're not necessarily getting the truth on the half of the story that you're receiving. Another thing to remember is you can validate someone's pain without claiming that the person that they're talking about was terrible all the time and a villain. […]
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- Nicholas Epley
- Jewel Hohman
- Sally Vardaman
- Andrea
- Melissa Radke
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 216,989
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 330 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 69 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 86 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 98
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