The Double Shift
Katherine Goldstein, Garrett Bucks, Mara Gordon, MD, Lisa SibbettBig ideas and concrete solutions for building IRL communities you can count on.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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Neighbor Hotline LIVE: Party “Fails” Edition
I talk about the vulnerability of hosting and when event doesn’t meet our our expectations with Rachel Hills
I took my advice column, The Neighbor Hotline, live this week, and brought in someone who’s spent two decades thinking about what...
The Case for the “Good Enough” Block Party
Well-timed for National Good Neighbor Day… we had perfect weather.
This past weekend, just in time for National Good Neighbor Day, I co-hosted my street’s annual block party. It’s a tradition that goes back 40 years and has had a couple o...
The Case for the "Good Enough" Block Party (Audio)
Listen now | Sustaining community traditions is more important than outdoing yourself.
I just co-hosted my street’s block party for the third year in a row, and this time I let myself off the hook from making it bigger and better than last...
Should Your Doctor Prescribe You Friends?
A few months ago, a reader wrote into the Neighbor Hotline advice column with a question about why people don’t RSVP and how to deal with her hurt feelings about it.
That reader was , and on our Substack Live this week she outed herself,...
The Introvert’s Guide to Cultivating — and Actually Enjoying — Community
Photo by Agathe Dagutat on Unsplash
When I talk to folks about their social connections, often I hear the reason they don’t have the community life they want is due to an unchangeable reality: “I’m an introvert!” I smile and gently cite re...
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Community building + social connection + building a world that cares. My book, Neighboring: How to Build Community You Can Count On is out April 6th 2027, from PRH
Writer/organizer/hopemonger. From Montana, now in Milwaukee. “We put on ZZ Top and turned it up, real loud"
If your doctor told you what she's really thinking. I write NPR's *Real Talk With A Doc* column. My book HOW TO TAKE UP SPACE is coming in Spring 2027.
Kid whisperer. Auntie to the Aunties.
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