Sabrina Cruz

So Corner Piece features three best friends, and they're not Manny, Noah, and Devin.

They are Taha, Melissa, and Sabrina.

who are actually the creators of the YouTube channel Answer In Progress.

On their new show, Corner Piece, they are getting to life's biggest questions around human connection.

We've formed a spectrum here.

of conflict avoidance conflict confrontation but is there like conflict neutral is that what we're looking

for maybe i mean i feel like this is what i want to explore in this episode like is there a a correct way to to handle conflict or is it just like ambiguous like is always kind of imperfect and we have to like try and live with it or not live with it i don't i don't know I'd love to say that I'm just great at conflict, but maybe Sabrina and Melissa are just a little bit worse than me.

That doesn't mean that I know what I'm doing.

Corner Piece is a production from TED and Answer in Progress.

This episode was produced by Mary Alexa Cavanaugh and Maren Larson and hosted by me, Sabrina Cruz.

Ban Ban Cheng is our story editor.

This episode was sound designed and mixed by Steve Bone with support from our lead sound designer, Lucy Little.

Corner Piece is a production from TED and Answer in Progress.

This episode was produced by Mary Alexa Cavanaugh and Maren Larson and hosted by me, Sabrina Cruz.

Ban Ban Cheng is our story editor.

This episode was sound designed and mixed by Steve Bone with support from our lead sound designer, Lucy Little.

And in the first season, they get into all of life's biggest questions around human connection, how modern life shapes it, and what the research says.

Taha, Melissa, and Sabrina bring their deep curiosity funny banter and sense of adventure to exploring questions like why isn't there anywhere to hang out anymore? Why is adult friendship so weird? And is romance dead? This show is so fascinating and offers a much appreciated balance of expert interviews and personal stories.

In this episode, learn how loneliness is showing up in the world today, why everyone seems to be feeling it, and what you can do if you feel lonely.

I think you're really going to enjoy this.

Are you guys lonely? This is a personal question, actually.

Wait, I shouldn't be laughing.

What if the answer is yes? Hello, I'm Sabrina.

I'm Taha.

I'm excited to tell you about TED's newest podcast, Cornerpiece, a show that starts small on life's biggest questions.

Co-hosts Taha, Melissa, and Sabrina are lifelong friends and full-time nerds you might know from their YouTube channel, Answer in Progress.

On each episode, they take an everyday worry, like is romance dead, and launch a full investigation to figure out how much of the problem is modern life and how much is just part of being human.

The first episode takes on a question a lot of us know too well.

From group chats to video calls, technology should make connections easier than ever.

So why is everyone so lonely? Sabrina sets out to investigate the loneliness epidemic sweeping the globe, including her own friends and co-hosts.

She talks with Professor Faye Bound Alberti, author of A Biography of Loneliness, to understand what loneliness actually is, where it comes from, and whether there's a cure.

Along the way, Taha and Melissa challenge Sabrina to confront her own loneliness with a side quest that reveals just how hard connection can be.