Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Venues like pubs – away from our homes and workplaces – are vital for building our social networks and making our lives richer, easier and more fun. But these so-called “Third Places” are closing and membership of clubs, associations and unions is falling. Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam has been watching this decline across a lifetime and warns that we need to act before it’s too late.
Happiness Lab | 33 min listen