Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life
Dr. Peter McGraw
“Solo - The Single Person's Guide to a Remarkable Life” by Dr. Peter McGraw, seeks to celebrate and destigmatize single living. Welcome to the podcast that explores how being single affords you the freedom to be adventurous, start a business, make art, travel the world, get in shape, or simply sleep in when you want to. Join Peter – behavioral scientist, humor researcher, and bachelor – as he interviews happy single men and women and assembles advice from leading experts about health, fitness, money, business, travel, fashion, art, leisure, and of course, sex and dating. For the so-called spinster or bachelor, Solo is the resource for people who are happily single (aka the unapologetically unattached).
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Dec 1, 2022 • 55min
Happier At Home With Gretchen Rubin
In his second installment of a series on homebodies, Peter McGraw talks to Gretchen Rubin - the magpie of happiness - about creating a better home base. They discuss her book Happier at Home, and she dishes out some helpful, non-intuitive ideas about creating a more welcoming home for yourself and others. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/
Nov 24, 2022 • 43min
Waking Up Early With Donnie
In this episode, Peter McGraw speaks to Donald Lichtenstein who is thriving personally and professionally. Peter likes to say that singles can sleep in when they want to, but Donnie does the opposite. He gets up absurdly early—because that is what is best for him. It’s a thoughtful conversation in which they discuss how Donnie likes routine, loves dogs and dislikes travel. As a proud homebody, Donnie inspired Peter to prepare a short series on homebodies, and this serves as the first episode. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/
Nov 17, 2022 • 1h 1min
Single During The Holidays
Peter McGraw welcomes Kris Marsh, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, to discuss being single during the holidays – specifically Thanksgiving and Christmas.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/
Nov 10, 2022 • 52min
Sex And The City
The world often treats single living as liminal and less than, but not the hit television show Sex and the City. In this episode of Solo, Peter McGraw invites Mary Dahm into the Solo Studio to discuss the cultural implications of this critically-acclaimed show. They discuss Sex and the City’s importance in creating an alternative narrative about single living and female sexual positivity. Bonus material is back, which you can access by signing up at PeterMcGraw.org/solo. Mary and Peter discuss how New York City is an ideal setting for a show like Sex and the City which features four single women.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/
Nov 5, 2022 • 36min
Intellectual Humility - Live Podcast
Peter McGraw recently attended the Mind Under Matter Festival, where he did a live taping about Intellectual Arrogance, Humility, and Timidity with Dr. Jeff Larsen. Dr. Larsen is a Social Professor of Psychology at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. He is an expert on emotions, attitudes, and well-being.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/
Oct 27, 2022 • 1h 2min
How To Read A Lot
Peter McGraw likes to say, "Create more than you consume." However, he also believes that reading is a cheat code to a remarkable life. In this episode, McGraw invites two voracious readers, Sarah Stinson and Paul Shirley, to inspire you and give you some hacks to read more. Note: In this episode, McGraw references a previous episode on writing as “How to Write a Lot” but it is actually called “Write Your Way Out.” That previous episode may be worth revisiting after listening to this one.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/
Oct 20, 2022 • 1h 19min
Truth Or Truth With Jill Cohen
Peter McGraw invites Jill Cohen, a remarkable solo and frequent contributor to the podcast, back into the Solo Studio. They play "Truth or Truth," where they ask each other questions about single living and pursuing a remarkable life. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/
Oct 13, 2022 • 47min
Was Prince A Solo?
Peter McGraw invites Brandon Patrick, a comedian and musician, into the solo studio to talk about whether a remarkable character, Prince, was a Solo. Whether or not he was, Prince brought joy to the world through his music. Brandon and Peter discuss his remarkable abilities and how they led him to feel alone in the world. Check out this Prince playlist.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/
Oct 6, 2022 • 46min
Narcissism
Suddenly the world seems to be filled with narcissists, and a bunch of everyday people is diagnosing their exes and bosses as such. What is going on? To explore this topic, Peter McGraw speaks to Anthony Hermann, a psychology professor at Bradley University and co-editor of the book "The Handbook of Trait Narcissism: Key Advances, Research Methods, and Controversies."Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/
Sep 29, 2022 • 1h 8min
Risa Mickenberg And The Hermettes
The Solo movement has a "big tent," accommodating a wide array of people—single or not—who see themselves as complete, self-reliant individuals. One group that clearly belongs under the tent is the Hermettes, a secret society of (mostly) single women who embrace a hermit-like life of aloneness. In this episode, Peter McGraw speaks to Risa Mickenberg, the Founder and Editor of Hermette: The Aspirational Lifestyle Magazine for They/Hermits.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/
