HTF #05 - Cookbook club and bingo cards

A short solo episode this week to tell you about two things I’ve done with friends that you might want to tweak, steal, borrow, or try. 1) Cookbook club On one Sunday a month, I would get together with a group of other women to cook, eat, and chat. We did that together for six years. It all star…

HTF #04: Viren Thakrar ranks his friends

Viren is a very fun person. Ironically, I met him many years ago indirectly through one of the least fun places; LinkedIn. We’ve had so many conversations over the years about friendship, connection, fun, and how it’s so easy to not prioritise those thing and end up in some pretty boring ruts with…

HTF #03: Sally Clarke has a 25 year old email chain with eight lawyers

I met Sally Clarke through a co-working space. We’d both landed in the surf-side town we call home within a few months of each other and quickly discovered we have more in common than our matching, often-misspelt, surname. One of the (many) things I admire about Sally is her commitment to friendsh…

HTF #02: John Anthony and his friends save money together to have more fun

John Anthony is a delight of a human, and whether it’s a text message, a voicenote, or an IRL hang, any time we get to interact is an absolute treat. Unsurprisingly he was one of the first people I asked to be on this audio series. John has a unique set up with four groups of his friends. Knowing …

HTF #01 - An introduction and a manifesto for modern friendship

Welcome to How to Friend, a podcast about friendship, for people who want more from theirs. I'm Steph Clarke and I'll be your host. For the last couple of years I’ve been playing with the topic of friendship. Lots of talking about it, reading about it, lamenting the apparent decline of it (I’m act…