GrownUpLand

7. Generation Lonely

Are we facing a loneliness epidemic? Is loneliness the same as being alone? Is social media making us feel less social? Join Mae, Bisha, Ned and Steve who will try to figure it all out. This week, Mae wonders if you can be lonely in a crowded room, Bisha investigates the impact of loneliness on our health and Ned tries yoga and becomes at one with the universe - and his hamstrings. Comedian, writer and actor Rose Matafeo tries to help solve your dilemmas and Steve Ali puts everything into perspective with tales of firefighting in the Calais refugee camp. 
 
Co-created by Deborah Frances-White for The Spontaneity Shop and BBC Radio 4.Produced by Al RiddellMusic by Mark Hodge and Omahrose, produced by Nick Sheldon. 
Featured in this episode: 
You &amp; Yours (3010/2017)
You &amp; Yours (31/01/2017)
All In The Mind (14/02/2018)
Four Thought (04/05/2017)

"Now I’m a grown up… do I have to get married? Do I have to scrimp and save?? Do I have to host a dinner party??? GrownUpLand poses the most frustrating questions. Luckily, Sophie Duker, Heidi Regan and Ned Sedgwick are here to guide you through the bewildering pursuit of adulthood.
 
Through stupid challenges, useful facts and personal stories of rich victory and miserable failure, your guides will ensure you don’t feel alone in your hopeless endeavour to be a legit grown up. Plus, every week a special guest candidly shares their experiences, from failed dates and drunken mistakes to moments of clarity and pet hates. And the very handsome Steve Ali, a refugee from Syria now a writer and silversmith in the UK, helps to put a listener’s dilemma into perspective.
 
Co-created by Deborah Frances-White for The Spontaneity Shop and BBC Radio 4.
 
Produced by Al Riddell."