# Ep. 178: The Cost of Loneliness with Lucy Rose Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/well-beyond-medicine-the-nemours-children-s-health-podcast-6297628/ep-178-the-cost-of-loneliness-with-lucy-rose Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/well-beyond-medicine-the-nemours-children-s-health-podcast-6297628/ep-178-the-cost-of-loneliness-with-lucy-rose.md Podcast: [Well Beyond Medicine: The Nemours Children's Health Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/well-beyond-medicine-the-nemours-children-s-health-podcast-6297628) Published: 2026-02-02T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2170925/episodes/18509107-ep-178-the-cost-of-loneliness-with-lucy-rose.mp3 Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2170925/episodes/18509107-ep-178-the-cost-of-loneliness-with-lucy-rose.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/well-beyond-medicine-the-nemours-children-s-health-podcast-6297628/episodes/ep-178-the-cost-of-loneliness-with-lucy-rose Duration seconds: 1837 ## Resource Loneliness is more than a feeling β€” it’s a growing public health issue with real physical and emotional consequences. Lucy Rose, Founder and President of The Cost of Loneliness Project, joins us in a timely conversation about chronic loneliness, connection and health. We explore why children and young adults report some of the highest rates of loneliness, how loneliness can become intergenerational, and the critical differences between digital communication and real human connection. Lucy als... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/well-beyond-medicine-the-nemours-children-s-health-podcast-6297628/episodes/ep-178-the-cost-of-loneliness-with-lucy-rose/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/well-beyond-medicine-the-nemours-children-s-health-podcast-6297628/ep-178-the-cost-of-loneliness-with-lucy-rose.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.