“A good question opens the whole room,” says Priya Parker, author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters.

Q. A short question, but one that’s important to me. My friends talk about men too much. (They talk about dating them, men ...

Alex Chueh is a Cambridge native who has met a new person every day since Nov. 19, 2022. A version of this essay originally ...

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The Conversation Across the Aisle project seeks to bring together people with different views for a meal. The goal: civil discourse.

Happy, healthy couples regularly check in with each other by talking about what's working and how each partner is growing, ...

Reconnecting doesn’t have to feel weird. These nine conversation starters—shared memories, “I saw this and thought of you,” life chapter check-ins, tiny asks, voice notes, gratitude shout-outs, ...

A “civil conversation” is often misunderstood to mean keeping quiet for the sake of keeping the peace. But that’s not ...

Last night, my husband and I decided to go out to dinner and specifically try a communal-table restaurant. (I’m required to eat good food for research purposes—my life is so hard!) Communal tables are ...

When familiar security concepts carry unfamiliar meanings for different audiences, teams talk past each other without even realizing it. This silent disconnect weakens communication, clarity, and ...

My best conversations are with my friend Rich. He doesn’t have extraordinary speaking talents or the ability to tell side-splitting jokes. It’s just that after talking with Rich, I somehow feel ...

Politics and religion make for wonderful conversations during the holidays … if you don’t feel like you have to win. Here’s where I’m coming from. For several years I was the religion reporter for ...