Friendless
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<p>Friendless is a podcast about the strange, tender, often painful work of staying connected. Host James Avramenko talks to writers, thinkers, activists, and everyday people about loneliness, platonic love, community, mental health, and what it actually takes to build a life with people in it. No easy answers, no toxic positivity, no pretending the hard parts aren't hard. Just honest, sometimes uncomfortable, often moving conversations from somewhere in the void. But always fun and safety. </p>
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Recent Episodes
June 23, 2026
Frugality is the best revenge: Steve Burgess on Living Well in Vancouver on Less (Live at the Book Warehouse)
Recorded live at Book Warehouse on Main Street, Vancouver, this episode features author and longtime Tyee columnist Steve Burgess, whose new book Cheapskate in Lotus Land: The Philosophy and Practice of Living Well on a Small Budget is part memoir, part cultural critique, and part philosophical provocation. Steve is a former disc jockey, television host, and film worker who has spent decades writing personal essays — first for the Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Magazine, then at The Tyee, where he's been a charter columnist since its founding. His previous books include Reservations: The Pleasures and Perils of Travel and the memoir Who Killed Mum? (named to year-end best-of lists at both the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star). In this conversation, James and Steve explore what it really means to be frugal in one of the world's most expensive cities — and why "cheapskate" might actually be a philosophy worth owning. Cheapskate in Lotus Land: The Philosophy and Practice of Living Well on a Small Budget — available at Book Warehouse (Main St and Broadway locations) and Black Bond Books 📩 friendlesspod@gmail.com📱 @friendlesspod on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/friendlesspod/] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@friendlesspod] 🌐 friendlesspod.com [https://www.friendlesspod.com/] Create your podcast [https://zencastr.com/?via=james-avramenko] today! #madeonzencastr
June 9, 2026
welcome to the eh team: on canadian humour, identity, and the complicated love of a country (with special guest Charlie Demers)
This week on a very special episode of Friendless, your pal James Avramenko is joined by Charlie Demers. Charlie Demers is a comedian, broadcaster, author, and 20-year veteran of CBC's The Debaters — and somehow all of that is just the warm-up. Recorded live at Book Warehouse on Main Street, this conversation starts with his new Canadian lexicon book The A-Team (a celebration of the words and phrases that mark you as one of us), takes a hard left into French immersion class politics, and ends up somewhere genuinely surprising: what treaty actually means, why Canadian humor is tender instead of cruel, and what it looks like to love a country you have complicated feelings about. Along the way: house hippos, English muffins vs. french fries, the roast of Kevin Hart as a culture clash, and why writing to a word count might be the most freeing thing a writer can do. If you've ever said "toque" in the United States and watched a room go silent, this one's for you. Charlie's new children's picture book I Sure Do is out this summer from Trade Wind Books. Season 2 of Superteam Canada drops on Crave. Find him at charliedemers.com and on Instagram. 📩 friendlesspod@gmail.com📱 @friendlesspod on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/friendlesspod/] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@friendlesspod] 🌐 friendlesspod.com [https://www.friendlesspod.com/] Create your podcast [https://zencastr.com/?via=james-avramenko] today! #madeonzencastr
May 12, 2026
on belonging, grief, and identity (with special guest Eddy Boudel Tan) Live at the Book Warehouse
What happens when you've spent your whole life fitting a mold — and you finally decide you've had enough? This week, James sits down with Eddy Boudel Tan, Vancouver-born author of The Tiger and the Cosmonaut, recorded live at Book Warehouse on Main Street. In this episode: * The experience of being second-generation Chinese Canadian — caught between cultures, between expectations, between versions of yourself * What Eddy calls "Asian rage" — the anger that builds when you're expected to minimize yourself to move through the world * The loneliness of being surrounded by people who love you but don't really know you * Why Casper, the novel's protagonist, keeps people out even as he falls apart * The Buddhist concept of impermanence, and what it actually does to your relationship with fear * Going home when home doesn't feel like home anymore * Identity as oversimplification — and the liberation of letting go of the label * The fleeting, morbid, weirdly hopeful thought: What if this is the happiest I'll ever be? The Tiger and the Cosmonaut is available now wherever books are sold. Find Eddy on Instagram at @eddyautomatic. [https://www.instagram.com/eddyautomatic/] REMINDER: May 19th at the Book Warehouse on Main (4118 Main street) An Asian Heritage Month Celebration of Authors with guests Eddy Boudel Tan, Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho, and Donna Seto. Doors at 6:30pm 📩 friendlesspod@gmail.com📱 @friendlesspod on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/friendlesspod/] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@friendlesspod] 🌐 friendlesspod.com [https://www.friendlesspod.com/] Create your podcast [https://zencastr.com/?via=james-avramenko] today! #madeonzencastr
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- What is Friendless?
<p>Friendless is a podcast about the strange, tender, often painful work of staying connected. Host James Avramenko talks to writers, thinkers, activists, and everyday people about loneliness, platonic love, community, mental health, and what it actually takes to build a life with people in it. No easy answers, no toxic positivity, no pretending the hard parts aren't hard. Just honest, sometimes uncomfortable, often moving conversations from somewhere in the void. But always fun and safety. </p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates weekly.
- Where can I listen to this podcast?
This podcast is available on 10 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
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Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.
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