If you want to dig deeper into The Other Significant Others, here’s some of the coverage I recommend:
The Ezra Klein Show
Vox’s The Gray Area — interviewed by Vox senior reporter (and my friend) Sigal Samuel
The Baltimore Banner
Print/web coverage:
Romper: What If Friends Are The Life Partners That Matter Most?
The Guardian: ‘She’s my sacred other’: is friendship, not romance, the key to a happy and fulfilled life?
Electric Literature: 7 books about women who put friendship at the center of their lives
The Baltimore Banner: “Why friendships can — and should — be as important as romantic relationships”
Vox: Want financial security in America? Better get married.
Boston Globe: Rhaina Cohen offers a take on friendship as the most enduring gold
The Marginalian: The Other Significant Others: Living and Loving Outside the Confines of Conventional Friendship and Compulsory Coupledom
The Examined Family: The *Other* Significant Others
Culture Study: Reimagining Life With Friendship at the Center
Next Big Idea Club: Romantic Love is Overrated—Focus on Friendship Instead
Mother Jones: Let Your Friendships Radicalize You
Business Insider: 3 reasons why your spouse shouldn’t be your best friend
Men’s Health: The 25 Non-Fiction Books We're Most Excited For in 2024
Wall Street Journal: How to Handle Making More—or Less—Money Than Your Friends
BookPage: Review of The Other Significant Others (starred review)
Publisher’s Weekly: PW Talks with Rhaina Cohen
Psychology Today: Platonic Life Partnerships Unveiled + Platonic Life Partnerships: Challenging Societal Norms
The Next Big Idea Club: 40 Nonfiction Books to Look Out for in 2024
Washington Post: Why are Gen Zers valuing friendships over romance?
The Millions: A Year in Reading: Kristen R. Ghodsee
ELLE: We Should Be Ambitious About Our Friendships
Reader’s Digest UK: Why more people are choosing platonic life partners
Podcast and radio interviews:
The Ezra Klein Show: What Relationships Would You Want, if You Believed They Were Possible?
Up First: More Than Friends
The Gray Area: Can a friend be our most significant other?
WHYY: Why Friendship Matters
Unladylike: More Than Best Friends
Radio Atlantic: What If Your Best Friend Is Your Soulmate?
How To! (Slate): How To Evolve A Friendship
KQED Forum: When a Friendship, Not a Romantic Partner, is the Center of Your World
Dear Nina: Beyond The Golden Girls: Platonic Life Partners at Any Age, with Rhaina Cohen
The Brian Lehrer Show: In Praise of Deep Friendship
Detroit Public Radio: New book aims to redefine partnerships with friendship at the center
Disrupted (Connecticut Public Radio): Friendships That Challenge Norms
The Opposite of Small Talk: Life With Friendship at the Center
Spinsterhood Reimagined: The One Where I Talk To Author & Producer Rhaina Cohen
Sounds Fake But Okay: The Other Significant Others feat. Rhaina Cohen
WBEZ: No, you’re never too old to play with your friends
BBC Radio 4: BFFs: A Life Built on Friendship
Audacious podcast (Connecticut Public Radio): Life As Platonic Life Partners
49 Days To Stretch My Soul (Tablet Magazine): Talking Yesod
KQED’s Forum: Got Rejected? It Might Be Time to Celebrate
NPR’s All Things Considered: This just in — go to bed angry
Sagid Carter Interviews: Deep Friendships
Solo podcast: Making Friends The Center Of Life
KUOW: Is the pandemic changing how we see our friendships?
KPCC: The History And Logistics Of Platonic Partnerships
KUOW: How are you celebrating (platonic) love this week?
TV interviews
New Day Northwest: New book spotlights those who choose friends to be their life partners