In this time of Social Distancing and calls to stay home, some introverts are feeling trapped with their families or roommates. With no escape from children, partners, roomies, and who ever else they share space with, it can be difficult to find the space and time to recharge your batteries. This can lead to frayed nerves and tension in the household. It’s has never been more important to be able (as we always say) to say what you need.

In this episode, Jess and Phil talk about being cool and popular as an introvert, what is “cool”, and whether an introvert can be popular. We also learn that Phil made some unfortunate choices in high school in his quest to be cool, and that Jess was always pretty cool.

On this episode, Jess and Phil talk about video games, and if either of them is “dependent” on them. Jess discovers that perhaps Phil isn’t quite as dependent as she thought, and Phil discovers that Jess might have a slight addiction to a certain game of crafting in mines.

In this episode, Jess and Phil answer questions that extroverts have for introverts. Questions were solicited from r/extroverts and from social media.

In this episode, Jess and Phil talk about living with roommates, and how to handle roommate socializing as an introvert.

In our first ever bonus episode, Jess and Phil have some suggestions for our extroverts who might be struggling with social distancing.

In this episode, Jess and Phil talk about being mistaken for shy, and how often being introverted is conflated with being shy.

In this episode, Jess and Phil come up with strategies to maintain their friendships: from texting, to reminder apps, to (ugh) phone calls.

Last episode was a little heavy, so this episode is all fun and games: Jess and Phil play Would You Rather, and try to make each other shudder.