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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2017 21:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2017 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>#24 Alone in the Maine Woods for 27 Years</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Brooke Russell stepped onto the scale and couldn’t believe the number she saw. She tells the story of how, as she struggled with disordered eating, she kept herself away from others.</p>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2017 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p>David Bazan—a touring musician, most notably with Pedro the Lion—always assumed God existed. His life, and music, was centered around his Christianity. Then he started to question all of it.</p>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 3 May 2017 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Our awareness of an &quot;ism&quot; can lead to loneliness, and in George McCalman’s case, that ism was racism. After living much of his life in New York City feeling part of the community, he suddenly felt like an outsider, because of an episode at a magazine where he worked in his twenties.</p>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2017 01:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2017 21:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 8 Dec 2016 01:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>#16 The Leaver: Samantha Silva</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Writer Samantha Siva discusses the breakup of her marriage, and the loneliness of having been the breaker.</p>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2016 05:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <link>https://the-lonely-hour-adc37ada.simplecast.com/episodes/b98248af-b98248af</link>
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      <itunes:title>#16 The Leaver: Samantha Silva</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:summary>Writer Samantha Siva discusses the breakup of her marriage, and the loneliness of having been the breaker.

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      <title>#15 The Spanking Fetishist: Jillian Keenan</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 9 Nov 2016 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <link>https://the-lonely-hour-adc37ada.simplecast.com/episodes/32920306-32920306</link>
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      <title>#14 Our Host, Julia Bainbridge, Tells Her Story</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2016 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>jvbain@gmail.com (Julia Bainbridge)</author>
      <link>https://the-lonely-hour-adc37ada.simplecast.com/episodes/c9a30cad-c9a30cad</link>
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      <itunes:title>#14 Our Host, Julia Bainbridge, Tells Her Story</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:episode>14</itunes:episode>
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      <title>#13 Essay Episode: A Hoodie Is a Haven</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>For writer Charlotte Druckman, wearing a hood lets people know she’d like to be left alone.</p>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2016 05:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>jvbain@gmail.com (julia bainbridge, lonely, loneliness, hour, podcast, audio, chris mcleod, terence mickey, essay, charlotte druckman, hoodie, haven, hood, sweatshirt)</author>
      <link>https://the-lonely-hour-adc37ada.simplecast.com/episodes/7f97f4b4-7f97f4b4</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p>For writer Charlotte Druckman, wearing a hood lets people know she’d like to be left alone.</p>
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      <itunes:title>#13 Essay Episode: A Hoodie Is a Haven</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:summary>For writer Charlotte Druckman, wearing a hood lets people know she’d like to be left alone.

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      <itunes:subtitle>For writer Charlotte Druckman, wearing a hood lets people know she’d like to be left alone.

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      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <itunes:episode>13</itunes:episode>
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      <title>#12 Essay Episode: Lonely Our</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Writer and activist Stephen Satterfield reads his Lonely Hour poem, called “Lonely Our.”</p>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Oct 2016 22:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>jvbain@gmail.com (Julia Bainbridge)</author>
      <link>https://the-lonely-hour-adc37ada.simplecast.com/episodes/a482a338-a482a338</link>
      <content:encoded>
        <![CDATA[<p>Writer and activist Stephen Satterfield reads his Lonely Hour poem, called “Lonely Our.”</p>
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      <itunes:title>#12 Essay Episode: Lonely Our</itunes:title>
      <itunes:author>Julia Bainbridge</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>Writer and activist Stephen Satterfield reads his Lonely Hour poem, called “Lonely Our.”

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      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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      <itunes:episode>12</itunes:episode>
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      <title>#11 Essay Episode: On the Fence</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Writing professor Rachel Mennies considers the particular breed of loneliness found on Carnegie Mellon's campus.</p>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2016 01:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>jvbain@gmail.com (Julia Bainbridge)</author>
      <link>https://the-lonely-hour-adc37ada.simplecast.com/episodes/a1828d99-a1828d99</link>
      <content:encoded>
        <![CDATA[<p>Writing professor Rachel Mennies considers the particular breed of loneliness found on Carnegie Mellon's campus.</p>
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      <itunes:title>#11 Essay Episode: On the Fence</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:duration>00:14:16</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:summary>Writing professor Rachel Mennies considers the particular breed of loneliness found on Carnegie Mellon's campus.

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      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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      <itunes:episode>11</itunes:episode>
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      <title>#10 Essay Episode: I'm Never Alone Anymore, and I Miss It</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Former New York Times 'Frugal Traveler' Matt Gross finds himself alone (in Istanbul) for the first time in years.</p>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2016 01:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>jvbain@gmail.com (Julia Bainbridge)</author>
      <link>https://the-lonely-hour-adc37ada.simplecast.com/episodes/e578623f-e578623f</link>
      <content:encoded>
        <![CDATA[<p>Former New York Times 'Frugal Traveler' Matt Gross finds himself alone (in Istanbul) for the first time in years.</p>
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      <itunes:title>#10 Essay Episode: I'm Never Alone Anymore, and I Miss It</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:summary>Former New York Times 'Frugal Traveler' Matt Gross finds himself alone (in Istanbul) for the first time in years.

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      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>#09 Essay Episode: I'm Not Lonely, But I'm Not Bragging</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 19:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>jvbain@gmail.com (Julia Bainbridge)</author>
      <link>https://the-lonely-hour-adc37ada.simplecast.com/episodes/f31701cb-f31701cb</link>
      <content:encoded>
        <![CDATA[<p>In the first of our five essay episodes, a pre-season two mini-series, Jamie Feldmar wonders if her lack of loneliness means something might be wrong with her.</p>
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      <itunes:title>#09 Essay Episode: I'm Not Lonely, But I'm Not Bragging</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:episode>9</itunes:episode>
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      <title>#08 Mental Illness: Kira Asatryan and Kat Kinsman</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Human closeness is fundamental to our mental well-being, but many people have hurdles to human closeness. Whether it’s anxiety, depression, or addiction, mental illness can be isolating.</p>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2016 00:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>jvbain@gmail.com (Julia Bainbridge)</author>
      <link>https://the-lonely-hour-adc37ada.simplecast.com/episodes/d873136d-d873136d</link>
      <content:encoded>
        <![CDATA[<p>Human closeness is fundamental to our mental well-being, but many people have hurdles to human closeness. Whether it’s anxiety, depression, or addiction, mental illness can be isolating.</p>
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      <itunes:author>Julia Bainbridge</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>Human closeness is fundamental to our mental well-being, but many people have hurdles to human closeness. Whether it’s anxiety, depression, or addiction, mental illness can be isolating.

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      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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      <itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode>
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      <title>#07 Addiction: Gerardo Gonzalez, Reina Zelonky, and Anne Bainbridge</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Both substance abuse and sobriety can be isolating.</p>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 1 Apr 2016 00:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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