How to Be a Friend in an Unfriendly World: Lessons on Connection with Barnet Bain
Tue, Dec 09
|Virtual Event
In a world that feels louder and lonelier than ever, what does it really mean to be a friend? Join Emmy-recognized filmmaker and author Barnet Bain for a heartfelt conversation on how to build deeper, more courageous connections—starting with yourself.
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Dec 09, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
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About the event
In a world that feels faster, louder, and more divided than ever, genuine friendship can feel like a disappearing art. We have more “connections” than at any other time in history—yet many people quietly admit they feel lonely, unseen, or replaceable.
In this intimate conversation, Emmy-recognized filmmaker, award-winning producer, and author Barnet Bain joins Lan Phan to explore the ideas in his new book, How to be a Friend (In an Unfriendly World): Lessons on Connection, releasing December 9. Drawing from a master’s-level course he created at Columbia University’s Spirituality Mind Body Institute for psychologists and helping professionals, Barnet offers a gentle but radical reframe of friendship—not as something we stumble into, but as a lifelong practice.
Known for films like the Oscar-winning What Dreams May Come and the Emmy-honored Homeless to Harvard, as well as his bestselling book The Book of Doing and Being: Rediscovering Creativity in Life, Love, and Work,…