199. What Makes a Good Gathering?

Why do so many book clubs fall apart? Do the best parties have rules? And does Angela’s husband want to date you?

SOURCES:Fredrik Backman • , author. David Chavis • , senior fellow at Community Science. Daniel Gilbert • , professor of psychology at Harvard University. Sebastian Junger • , journalist and author. David McMillan • , clinical and community psychologist. Priya Parker • , strategic advisor and author.

RESOURCES: • " Do Conversations End When People Want Them to? • " by Adam M. Mastroianni, Daniel Gilbert, Gus Cooney, and Timothy D. Wilson ( PNAS, • 2021). • " 3 Steps to Turn Everyday Get-Togethers Into Transformative Gatherings • ," by Priya Parker ( TED Talk, • 2019). The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, • by Priya Parker (2018). Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, • by Sebastian Junger (2016). Beartown, • by Fredrik Backman (2016). • “ The 36 Questions That Lead to Love • ,” by Daniel Jones ( The New York Times, • 2015). A Man Called Ove, • by Fredrik Backman (2012). • " Sense of Community: A Definition and Theory • ," by David McMillan and David Chavis ( Journal of Community Psychology, • 1986).

EXTRAS: • " How Can You Get Closer to the People You Care About? • " by No Stupid Questions • (2023). • " How Do You Connect With Someone You Just Met? • " by No Stupid Questions • (2023). A Man Called Otto, • film (2022).