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Washington cafe introduces new solution to loneliness crisis: 'Speed friending'

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Amid what some researchers call a "friendship recession," a cafe in southeastern Washington is helping people make friends by hosting “speed friending.” It's like speed dating but for platonic pals.

Northwest Public Broadcasting’s Courtney Flatt reports.

This segment aired on April 2, 2026.

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