{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/695d5c48154465cd6010f4b3/695d5c68d1ba84fb8f0969c6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"You Don’t Need A BFF","description":"<p>On today’s episode of Hear Me Out: make the friendship bracelets. Or don’t. </p><p><br></p><p>Like all relationships, friendships can grow, change… and, yes, end. Sometimes for good reason. But we romanticize the BFF as the goal – <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2018/12/04/youre-my-person-how-greys-anatomy-created-stand-in-soul-mate/\">to find your person</a> – and that might not be realistic. </p><p><br></p><p>Author and podcast host <a href=\"https://www.kristenmeinzer.com/\">Kristen Meinzer</a> joins us to make the case for not needing a best friend forever.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>If you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: <a href=\"mailto:hearmeout@slate.com\">hearmeout@slate.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>Podcast production by Maura Currie.</p><p><br></p><p>Want more Hear Me Out? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit <a href=\"http://slate.com/awordplus\">slate.com/hearmeoutplus</a> to get access wherever you listen.</p><p> </p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}