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Friendless
Friendless
Are you a good friend? James Avramenko (comedian, writer) wants to know. Every week James interviews guests from across the internet to discuss what it means to be a friend, what does community mean, and how can we build stronger connections to ourselves and each other. Friendless is an engaging and honest look at connection, intimacy, and self-compassion in the digital age. Fun and safety sweeties!
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Radical Acceptance Bro! (Distress Tolerance pt. 2)

Distress Tolerance Pt. 2: Self-Soothing & Radical Acceptance This week on a very special episode of Friendless, we're continuing our exploration of Distress Tolerance skills as the DBT mini-season hits the halfway mark! STOP and TIPP — last week's skills — are built for acute crisis moments. This episode is for the other kind of hard: the slow burn, the ongoing grief, the situations you can't fix right now and just have to live with anyway. Two major skills today: self-soothing and radical accep

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Radical Acceptance Bro! (Distress Tolerance pt. 2)
March 10, 2026

Radical Acceptance Bro! (Distress Tolerance pt. 2)

Distress Tolerance Pt. 2: Self-Soothing & Radical Acceptance This week on a very special episode of Friendless, we're continuing our exploration of Distress Tolerance skills as the DBT mini-season hits the halfway mark! STOP and TIPP — last week's skills — are built for acute crisis moments. This e…
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Don't Make It Worse: Distress Tolerance Tools (DBT mini-season part 3)
March 3, 2026

Don't Make It Worse: Distress Tolerance Tools (DBT mini-season part 3)

This week on a very special episode of Friendless, we're leaving the mindfulness skills behind and stepping into DBT's toolkit for emotional emergencies: the moments when you're at an eight or nine on the chaos scale, logic h...
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Mutual Survival: On Community, Grief, and Resistance (with special guest Garth Mullins) LIVE at the Book Warehouse
Feb. 24, 2026

Mutual Survival: On Community, Grief, and Resistance (with special guest Garth Mullins) LIVE at the Book Warehouse

This week on a very special episode of Friendless, your pal and host of the show James Avramenko sits down with journalist, activist, podcaster, and author Garth Mullins — live at Book Warehouse on Main Street in Vancouver — ...
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The Guardrails: Mindfulness HOW Skills (DBT mini-season ep. 2)
Feb. 17, 2026

The Guardrails: Mindfulness HOW Skills (DBT mini-season ep. 2)

In this very special episode of Friendless, we're continuing the DBT micro-season diving into the how skills of mindfulness: non-judgmentally, one-mindfully, and effectively. If those sound like made-up DBT words, you're not ...
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Finding the Off-Ramp From Runaway Thoughts (DBT Micro-Season — Mindfulness Part 1)
Feb. 10, 2026

Finding the Off-Ramp From Runaway Thoughts (DBT Micro-Season — Mindfulness Part 1)

in this very special episode of Friendless, we're kicking off the DBT micro-season with Mindfulness Part 1, and no — this is not the sit-cross-legged-and-think-about-nothing version. This is practical mindfulness. The kind th...
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WTF is DBT? (Mini-Season Intro)
Feb. 3, 2026

WTF is DBT? (Mini-Season Intro)

In this very special episode of Friendless, your host James Avramenko finally launches the long-promised DBT mini-season. This introductory episode explores why Dialectical Behavior Therapy isn't just for people with BPD diag...
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Have you been a good friend?
May 31, 2023

Have you been a good friend?

What makes a good friend?This has been the core question of my ongoing podcast (read: freelance sociology project) “Friendless”. Lately, however, I’ve been re-examining the philosophy behind this question.There are themes that …

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About the Host

James Avramenko

James Avramenko is the creator and host of Friendless. He is a multi-disciplinary artist, working in publishing, theatre, visual, and audio mediums. His work has been published in Geist, SledgeHammer Lit, and Monster Monthly. He dreams of someday writing movie novelizations.