When was the last time someone called you and you didn't immediately assume something terrible had happened?

In the debut episode of The Analog Hour, host Michelle Henery sits down with Dr. Phil Higgins, a licensed clinical social worker with more than 20 years of experience working with clients, to unpack a question most of us are afraid to ask out loud: why am I so lonely?

Phil explains why loneliness almost never shows up as the presenting problem in therapy — it hides behind depression, anxiety, and marital conflict. He describes what isolation actually looks like for people in their 30s, 40s, and 50s who have full lives on paper but no one to call. And he makes a surprising case for worrying less about teenagers' screen time and more about our own.

Together, Michelle and Phil explore why younger generations use technology t ...