The Loneliness Epidemic Is Reaching Latin America

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Agustina and Jostin explore the modern loneliness epidemic, looking at how it shapes daily life around the world, and how it’s experienced differently across Latin American countries.

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Episode chapters
0:00 Setting the Scene: Why Loneliness Matters Today
1:57 What Is the “Loneliness Epidemic”?
3:45 The Hard Numbers from the United States
6:48 Living Alone and Growing Old
12:06 Families, Fertility & Living Together
15:21 Moving Away, Distance & Multigenerational Homes
18:28 What About Latin America? First Assumptions
21:17 The Surprise: Similar Levels of Loneliness
23:10 Age, Class & Who Feels It Most
27:14 Has It Always Been This Way, or Do We Just Notice It More?
30:20 Social Media & Unrealistic Comparison
34:16 Online Communities & the Romance of Isolation
39:10 Emotional vs. Physical Loneliness
42:20 Cultural Stress & Economic Pressure
46:20 Different Cultures, Same Human Core