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Corner Piece

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Corner Piece is a podcast in which lifelong friends Taha, Melissa, and Sabrina explore everyday questions about life, from splitting the bill to the difficulty of making plans and the state of romance. They apply the research and curiosity skills they developed on their YouTube channel Answer in Progress, interviewing experts and undertaking side quests to understand what is modern and what is timeless in these struggles. The show aims to connect small personal worries to larger philosophical questions about being human. New episodes are released every other Thursday.

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Am I bad at conflict? Oct 8, 2026 59:19 Conflict is inevitable, so why are we so bad at it? In this episode, Taha investigates the nature of conflict to help Melissa and Sabrina (and all of us) find healthier ways to handle conflict. He interviews Harville Hendrix, a couples therapist with over 50 years of experience, and Eli J. Finkel, a professor and author of "The All-or-Nothing Marriage". They explain what happens when con

Do all my friends secretly hate me? Sep 24, 2026 39:52 Why does making friends as an adult feel like mission impossible?In this episode, Melissa explores what it means to be a friend while grappling with a friendship break up. Along the way, she interviews Anna Goldfarb, journalist and author of “Modern Friendship: How to Nurture Our Most Valuable Connections,” and Dr. Marisa G. Franco, professor and author of “Platonic: How the Science of Attachment

All the lonely people Sep 10, 2026 32:17 From group chats to video calls, technology should make social connection easier than ever. So, why is everyone so lonely?In this episode, Sabrina sets out to investigate the "loneliness epidemic" that is sweeping the globe and impacting her friends and cohosts. She interviews Professor Fay Bound-Alberti, author of "A Biography of Loneliness: The History of an Emotion" to understand what lonelines

Coming September 10, 2026: Corner Piece Sep 3, 2026 1:16 Corner Piece is a new podcast from TED and AIP that starts small on life's biggest questions.Join Taha, Melissa, and Sabrina (lifelong friends, full-time nerds) as they connect their personal questions to the profound nature of being a person. Using the skills they learned documenting their curiosity on their YouTube channel, Answer in Progress, they start with a day-to-day question or worry, like

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