Our ongoing video series exploring the issues shaping modern life. Each week, we release new episodes diving into topics that impact individuals and families—covering everything from health and happiness to technology, culture, and society—through thoughtful research, commentary, and storytelling.
COMPARISON CULTURE
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Why are we all stuck in a never-ending game of spending money we don’t have to buy things we don’t need to impress people we don’t like? From the early days of “keeping up with the Joneses” to the algorithmic insanity of social media and AI-generated influencers, we unpack the science behind why we compare, how social platforms hijack that instinct, and what it’s doing to our mental health, wallets, and happiness.This episode is a full-frontal roast of comparison culture. We break down how social media turned a totally normal human instinct into a full-time self-esteem crisis, why everyone’s faking it (including us, let’s be honest), and how to get your brain back before it becomes another casualty of the algorithm.
✔ Featuring fake jets, AI influencers, bad financial advice, digitally altered faces, and the occasional existential spiral.
If you’ve ever felt behind in a race you didn’t even sign up for—welcome to episode 01 of NuVillage.
ADULT FRIENDSHIP
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Remember when friendship was just…standing next to someone who also liked dinosaurs? Yeah, now it’s 200+ hours, a mutual trauma bond, and ideally no unprocessed emotional baggage (good luck with that).
This week, we’re diving into why adult friendships are so hard to make, why ghosting your group chat is slowly killing you, and how real human connection might actually be the secret to not dying alone, inflamed, and anxious. The science is in: friendship isn’t just nice — it’s survival gear. Loneliness is now officially worse than smoking. (And at least smoking made you look cool.)
We cover:
✔️ Why friendship gets weird after your 20s
✔️ The actual health risks of social isolation (spoiler: they’re terrifying)
✔️ AI, social media, and the slow rot of our ability to make eye contact
✔️ How to rebuild your social life without joining a cult (unless it has snacks)
✔️ Why the former Surgeon General says friendship is medicine
💀 And yes, lack of friends can actually kill you. Neat!
If you’ve ever felt socially rusty, emotionally feral, or just vaguely unwell, welcome to this weeks episode of NuVillage.