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Podcast: Understanding and overcoming loneliness, with Maike Luhmann

Drawing on 15 years of research, LONELY-EU coordinator Prof. Maike Luhmann of Ruhr University Bochum discusses when loneliness becomes harmful, how people can avoid a downward spiral, whether digital life makes us lonelier, and what society can do.

Show: einfach ganz leben, with Jutta Ribbrock. Original title: “Einsamkeit verstehen und überwinden”. In German, about 46 minutes. Released 22 May 2026.

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