How online groups are helping people dig themselves out of the 'hole' of loneliness

We're in the midst of a loneliness epidemic. Social isolation has been linked to mental and physical ailments, including higher rates of dementia, heart disease and obesity. And while technology is often blamed for making us lonelier, some online groups are actually using it to make connections.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd talks with two organizers of those groups, Lisa Marcellino and Sean Galla.

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