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Dec 29, 2017

Making friends when we were kids seemed so easy, but making friends as adults is <bleeping> hard! In this episode, Alysa is joined by her friend, Margeaux, to discuss why making friends can be such a chore and to suggest ways to make connections with others. Besides making new friends, Alysa talks to Nate Woo, a Ph.D....


Dec 22, 2017

In this episode, Alysa Lucas welcomes her PR intern, Maria Abu-Joudeh, to the podcast team and they read your letters about friendship in the first episode solely dedicated to listener stories. If you have a friendship story to share, please send those stories to Alysa at bestforeverspod@gmail.com or visit the...


Dec 8, 2017

What did you learn about friendships from your favorite books as young adults? Let’s find out in the Best Forevers Book Club series! In these episodes, Alysa Lucas will make her student, Claire Stevenson, read a book from her childhood about friendships (and vice versa). In the first episode of the series, they read...


Nov 24, 2017

While at an academic conference in Dallas, Alysa catches up with her good friend, Dr. Jonathan Bowman, to wax nostalgic over their Friendship Origin Story and discuss male friendships, a relationship often neglected and viewed in a narrowed way. Are men’s friendships less intimate than women’s friendships?...


Nov 10, 2017

The latest episode of Best Forevers is a love letter written for kindred spirits, Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff, hosts of the ever-popular true crime and COMEDY podcast, My Favorite Murder (MFM)! Alysa Lucas explores the bonding power of podcast communities and those moments when you FINALLY find your...