Join Rick Kyte for a discussion on his new book, Finding Your Third Place: Building Happier Communities (and Making Great Friends Along the Way), which takes an exciting new look at the essential gathering spaces in our society where friendships are formed, relationships are nurtured, and the tapestry of community is woven.

About the book:
Your first place is home, your second place is work, and your third place is where you go to socialize. Third Places can range from a neighborhood tavern, to a community center, to a local bookstore or coffee shop. As more of our lives are spent online and in digital spaces, these often overlooked "Third Places” play a crucial role in keeping our communities vibrant.

For an ever-growing list of reasons, many people today find themselves without a third place of their own. At a time when our nation is facing an epidemic of loneliness, when communities are suffering from loss of trust, low levels of engagement, despair, and political polarization, what if the answer to many of our problems lies in a simple idea? What if we just need to pay attention to the places where we find ourselves?

About the Author:
Richard Kyte is Director of the D. B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership and Endowed Professor of Ethics at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin where he teaches a variety of courses dealing with ethical issues in business, health care, law, politics, and the environment. He cohosts a podcast titled “The Ethical Life” and writes a biweekly column that appears in 75 newspapers across the country. Richard attended Hamline University where he earned a B.A. in philosophy. He then went on to graduate school, obtaining a Ph.D. in philosophy from The Johns Hopkins University in 1994.