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Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship

Nina Badzin

Booking Overview

This is an interview-focused relationship and friendship show featuring authors, psychologists, therapists, researchers, coaches, and other experts discussing adult friendship, social connection, and relationship challenges. PR agencies could credibly pitch credentialed relationship experts, mental-health professionals, authors with relevant books, and specialists in social-emotional development; booking difficulty is medium because the show welcomes expert and book-related guests but recent guests have substantial publishing, media, or professional credentials.

Metrics

Episodes: 225

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Gender skew: Female

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 4.1k subscribers

Instagram: 19.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

noreply@getredcircle.com

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Host

Nina Badzin - Writer and podcast host focused on the complexities of friendship, including making, maintaining, repairing, and ending adult friendships.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Published authors, psychologists, therapists, neuroscientists, coaches, researchers, and established relationship or social-emotional experts with practical or professional expertise relevant to friendship.
Required Achievements:  
Relevant published books, New York Times bestseller status, Established professional practice or academic expertise, National media, speaking, or podcast experience

Recent Guest Discussions

Laura Tremaine - Maintaining Friendships Intentionally, Responding To Friends, Friendship Priorities, Boundaries, And Aligning Behavior With Relationship Intentions.

Marisa G. Franco - Self-worth, Secure Attachment, Rejection, Reciprocity, Friendship Initiation, And How Past Friendship Experiences Shape Current Relationships.

Sarah Baldeo - Artificial Intelligence, Human Connection, Empathy, Accountability, Emotional Processing, And The Risks Of Treating AI Like A Friend.

Caroline Maguire - Friendship Skills, Neurodivergent Children And Adults, ADHD, Rejection, Social Confidence, And Developing Meaningful Relationships.

Harlan Cohen - Making Friends At Different Life Stages, Social Courage, Rejection, Initiating Relationships, Belonging, And Finding Supportive Social Environments.

Recent Topics

Relationships, Friendship, Adult Friendships, Attachment, Neurodiversity

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
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#214 - Are We Giving Up on Our Friends Too Quickly? (Melissa Radke)

October 05, 2026

Are we too quick to decide a friendship isn’t working?That’s the question running through this conversation with bestselling author and podcaster Melissa Radke. Melissa and I have both ended important friendships in ways we later regretted, and we spoke about what we wished we had done differently before deciding it was time to walk away. To quote Melissa, "Because a friendship can be hard without being wrong."We got into the things that can make people want to run from a friendship: ...

#213 - Friendship "Flings," Uneven Effort, and Being Stuck in the Middle (Dr. Miriam Kirmayer)

September 28, 2026

Dr. Miriam Kirmayer is back on Dear Nina, and this time we did something different: we each brought friendship questions the other person had not seen in advance.No prep. No polished answers. Just two people who think about friendship constantly digging into the kinds of questions that rarely have a clean yes-or-no answer.Dr. Miriam is a clinical psychologist and a well-known friendship researcher. She also now hosts the friendship podcast Two Peas on a Pod.WE GET INTO:What to do when two fri...

#212 - What Your Behavior May Be Saying to Your Friends (Laura Tremaine)

September 22, 2026

When good intentions aren’t enough in a friendshipWhat happens when you genuinely care about friends, but your behavior isn’t showing it?That’s the question at the center of my conversation with writer and podcaster Laura Tremaine, author of The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs and Share Your Stuff: I'll Go First. I’m bringing this episode back because Laura’s honesty about her own friendship missteps feels just as useful now as it did when we first recorded it.Laura realized th...

Frequently asked questions

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How do I get in touch with Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship?

Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship is hosted by Nina Badzin. Its publicly listed email is noreply@getredcircle.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship?

The publicly listed email for Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship: noreply@getredcircle.com.

How many listeners does Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship have?

Podseeker estimates Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship reaches 1,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship?

Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship typically books rising experts. Typical guest background: Published authors, psychologists, therapists, neuroscientists, coaches, researchers, and established relationship or social-emotional experts with practical or professional expertise relevant to friendship. Common among recent guests: Relevant published books; New York Times bestseller status; Established professional practice or academic expertise. Recent guests include Laura Tremaine, Marisa G. Franco, and Sarah Baldeo.

How hard is it to get booked on Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

What topics does Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship cover?

Recent episodes cover Relationships, Friendship, Adult Friendships, Attachment, and Neurodiversity. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

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