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What Are Your Favorite Solo Activities?

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More Americans – especially Gen-Z and millennials – say they value dining alone at restaurants, according to new data from Open Table. And research shows that doing solo activities is good for us – it recharges us and improves our creativity. With concern about loneliness and isolation on the rise, we talk about healthy alone-ness. What are some of your favorite activities to do alone?

Guests:

Rebecca Ratner, dean's professor of marketing, University of Maryland

Luke Tsai, food editor, KQED Arts and Culture

Thuy-Vy Nguyen, associate professor in psychology, Durham University; founder of the Solitude Lab - www.solitude-lab.com; co-author of “Solitude: The Science and Power of Being Alone”

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