Nihal Arthanayake: We Need To Talk About Male Loneliness

This week my interviewee is radio and TV presenter Nihal Arthanayake. While I’ll be asking the questions today, Nihal is most used to playing the other role, having interviewed countless household names, including Minnie Driver, Ricky Gervais & Benedict Cumberbatch on his regular BBC 5 Live show. He’s recently written a book, Let’s Talk: How To Have Better Conversations - based on what he’s learnt through his job, which we’ll be discussing as part of this episode.  We discuss, among other things:  How the David Lloyd became Nihal's creative haven when he was writing his bookNihal's love of long, solitary drivesThe value of taking time to do nothing'Quiet quitting'How male loneliness comes around – and why we need to talk more about itThe complicated business of male friendships   You can order Nihal's latest book, Let's Talk: How to Have Better Conversations, now from Bookshop.org.    You can also order my book, Alonement: How To Be Alone and Absolutely Own It, which is based on this very podcast, now from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org.   Thank you so much to Flash Pack for sponsoring this season of the podcast. Flash Pack is a travel company that offers boutique group adventures for solo travellers in their 30s and 40s. Visit flashpack.com/alonement to learn more and quote ALONEMENT at check-out for £100 off your first trip.   Twitter: *   @ChezSpecter @TherealNihal * Instagram:  * @ChezSpecter @therealnihal * Contact: press@alonement.com With a one-off payment of £5, you can listen to the Alonement podcast ad-free. https://plus.acast.com/s/alonement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.