Care & Feeding | How Do I Build My Village?

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🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Elizabeth and Jamilah talk about building a village. Our listener wants to create a community of parents and kids who hang out and trust each other. The question is: how intentional do you have to be, here? And after that discussion, we’ll of course circle up for a round of triumphs and fails. Join us on Facebook and email us at [email protected] to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today’s show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes. You can also call our phone line: (646) 357-9318. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get to hang out with us on the Plus Playground every week for a whole additional grab-bag of content — and you’ll get an ad-free experience across the network. And you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus – or try it out on Apple Podcasts. Podcast produced by Maura Currie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	Hey folks, it's Charles Duhigg, the former host of Slate's advice podcast, How To, and the author
0:35.9	of The Power of Habit. I'm teaming up with Slate again
0:38.6	for a mini series based on my latest book, Super Communicators, How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection.
0:45.2	It's a deep dive into how to have better conversations about the neuroscience behind how we connect
0:50.4	with each other and why the right questions can transform complete strangers into
0:54.7	immediate friends.
0:56.4	The very first time I did this was at a conference.
1:00.4	These were all like C-suite executives.
1:02.9	That's the psychologist Nick Epley.
1:04.9	He paired all those execs up and then he told them that they had to ask and answer a really
1:09.4	personal question.
1:11.4	When's the last time you cried in front of another person?
1:14.6	And you could sort of feel the whole room just groan.
1:18.9	After 10 minutes, everybody was deep in conversation.
1:22.7	I finally get to 20 minutes.
1:24.1	A couple of them are hugging each other.
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