"The Healing Power of the Friendship Retreat" (w/ Alanna Bennett)

Dec 2, 2025
12 mins

Episode Description

Author and screenwriter Alanna Bennett reads her Conversationalist essay "The Healing Power of the Friendship Retreat", making the case for why a group trip might just be the cure for the ache of long distance friendships. You can read her original story on the site here: https://conversationalist.org/2022/08/31/the-healing-power-of-the-friendship-retreat-culture/

Brought to you by The Anti-Nihilist Foundation, a 501(c)3 and publisher of The Conversationalist

Host and Founder: Anna Lind-Guzik

Executive Editor: Gina Mei

Executive Director: Erin Zimmer Strenio

Audio Engineer: Dan Thorn

Cover Art: María Medem

Produced by: Cosmic Standard

Producers: Aja Simpson and Jessica Glazer 

Technical Director: Jacob Winik 

Creative Lead: Eliza Smith

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