2020 will always be known as the year we all jumped on online to socialise. But we had a question; what do we gain from face-to-face social connection that we can’t replicate through digital connection? In this episode, we talk with Dr. Roger Patulny, a sociologist at the University of Wollongong who studies the importance of social connection and impact on those of us who are isolated.

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