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You’re Going to Need Some Friends with Andrew O’Hagan

Sep 29, 2026 · 49m

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Who are the people who have made you who you are? Kate sits down with novelist Andrew O’Hagan for a funny and tender conversation about friendship: the childhood friends we swear we’ll love forever, the unexpected people who become essential, and the friends who know how to stay when life gets frightening. Together, they wonder what makes someone a good friend, why some friendships deepen while others fade, and how love sometimes looks less like having the right words and more like simply keeping pace. Show Notes On Friendship — Andrew O’Hagan Mayflies — Andrew O’Hagan Caledonian Road — Andrew O’Hagan The Illuminations — Andrew O’Hagan Andrew O’Hagan — London Review of Books Edna O’Brien —…