J. W. Freiberg serves as a consultant to mental health clinicians and corporations on the topic of chronic loneliness and workplace culture and is often invited to speak on radio and podcasts about these topics. Transcripts from recent National Public Radio and podcast broadcasts can be accessed by the following links:

Here you’ll find media coverage of Surrounded by Others and Yet So  Alone and interviews with author J.W. Freiberg. You can listen to the episodes by clicking on the descriptions below the images of the show.

Chicago Bar Association @thebar podcast

1. June, 2020 Interview  on The Cambridge Forum (for WGBH Radio, Boston and syndicated NPR stations throughout the country, click here.

2. December, 2016 Panel Interview with Amy Banks, M.D. (Harvard Medical School), Alex Pentland, Ph.D. (M.I.T.) and Alexander Nehamas, Ph.D. (Princeton University) on The Cambridge Forum (for WGBH Radio, Boston and syndicated NPR stations throughout the country, click below.

PART 1: Loneliness in the Digital Age

PART 2: Loneliness in the Digital Age

“The Thoughtful Counselor” podcast (Palo Alto University’s division of Continuing & Professional Studies)

Jefferson Public Radio “The Jefferson Exchange” (NPR Southern Oregon)

“Nobody Told Me” podcast, with hosts Jan Black and Laura Owens.

Sirius XM, Canada Talks, “The Arlene Bynon Show”

“Caregiver SOS: On Air Podcast” (sponsored by the WellMed Charitable Foundation)

Newstalk 1010 CFRB – “The Nightside with Barb DiGiulio”

“Shrink Rap Radio” (APA Presidential Award-winning podcast)

“Authentic Parenting” podcast with host Anna Seewald

Global News Radio 640 Toronto – “The John Oakley Show” *(scroll down to  WEEKEND EDITION MAY 24th, J.W. Freiberg Interview is at the 26-minute mark)

Caregiver SOS: On Air Podcast (produced by the WellMed Charitable Foundation)

The Intentional Clinician Podcast with Paul Krauss MA LPC

Life, the Law & Legal Issues – Fred Tromberg Radio Show

“The Afternoon Show” (AM London, Canada) with host Jess Brady

CJAD 800 AM – “The Night Side” (Montreal’s #1 News Talk Radio station): Interview with host Jon Pole

The Lisa Show: A conversation about Chronic Loneliness with Dr. J. W. “Terry” Freiberg, social psychologist and author of “Surrounded By Others and Yet So Alone.”

Nonfiction4Life with Janet Perry: #148: “Surrounded by Others and Yet So Alone” by J.W. Freiberg, A Lawyer’s Case Stories of Love, Loneliness and Litigation

Understanding Loneliness During COVID-19: Legal Toolkit host Jared Correia delves into this topic with J.W. Freiberg who authored the book, “Surrounded by Others and Yet So Alone: A Lawyer’s Case Stories of Love, Loneliness, and Litigation.” Terry shares insights from his writing and discusses how the pandemic affects loneliness in both lawyers and society at large.

Episode 89 – Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring J.W. (Terry) Freiberg

Did you know that 47 percent of adults in American are affected by loneliness? And now that the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated this health threat, Princy Mathew sits down with Dr. J.W. Freiberg to discuss his book Surrounded by Others and Yet So Alone and how we can help our patients who suffer from chronic loneliness.

YOU The Owners Manual Podcast with Michael Roizen, MD: Interview with J.W. Freiberg – Summary: Chronic loneliness reached “epidemic” proportions in the U.S., even before the current pandemic.

Dr J.W. Freiberg joins Dr. Corey Allan to discuss the epidemic of loneliness. It is a far too common issue and has negative results on our health and life.

The Host of the Psych Central Podcast Gabe Howard interviews Dr. J.W. Freiberg, a social psychologist-turned-lawyer. Chronic loneliness is on the rise. But how can this be when we’re more connected now than ever? In this show, Freiberg explains that loneliness is not an emotion like happiness or anger. It’s a sensation like hunger or thirst.

Social psychologist J.W. Freiberg joined Arlene Bynon to discuss the mental health impacts of loneliness, isolation and the COVID-19 Pandemic.

I do Podcast with Chase & Sarah Kosterlitz

The Kathryn Zox Show – Episode #1388 – Chronic Loneliness with J. W. Freiberg PhD, JD Author, Attorney

The ‘Oliver Sacks of Law’ Shares 5 Riveting Case Stories of Clients Impacted by Chronic Loneliness by Neel Achary

How to Overcome Loneliness and have Great Mental Health featuring J.W. Freiberg  by The Mentor’s Radio on iHeart Radio

Each of Freiberg’s books examines loneliness through a collection of deeply moving human stories of isolation and/or faulty connections in failing relationships. His master storytelling has earned him the tagline “the Oliver Sacks of law.”

The ‘Oliver Sacks of Law’ comparte 5 historias fascinantes de clientes afectados por la soledad crónica

NAMI Hunterdon On Air: “Mental Health Matters” podcast (produced by the Hunterdon Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with NAMI Hunterdon County): One-hour, live phone interview on Monday, June 1 @ 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EST; host: Larry Cartwright, VP of NAMI Hunterdon County, New Jersey. (available to Chamber members)

Sirius XM Doctor Radio – Channel 110 – “Psychiatry” (powered by NYU Langone Health): Onehour, live interview with Michael Aronoff, MD of NYU Langone Health; Tuesday, May 26, 2020. (This is a subscription service, so no link is being made available to us.)