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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,

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56:10

Regret

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2022/06/09

A remarkable life demands decisions - sometimes big, bold decisions. Big or small, decisions risk regret. Do I get married? Do I have kids? Do I go solo? Peter McGraw invites Marcel Zeelenberg, the world’s expert on regret, to talk about what makes a choice regrettable.Love the show?Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

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60:36

Solo Cooking

Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life ·

2022/06/02

More than one in four households in the US have one occupant, a number is as high as one in two in Stockholm. That’s a lot of cooking being done…alone. Hence, Peter McGraw is pleased to deliver this fun, even inspirational episode on solo cooking.Love the show?Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

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60:00

Singles as Exhausted Gift Givers

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2022/05/26

Peter McGraw talks to Kinneret Lahad and Iris Schneider about the substantial costs that singles pay, subsidizing and supporting couples with gifts and attendance at weddings, rehearsal dinners, showers, baptisms, and gender reveal parties. Lahad is the co-author of a paper that investigates single women as exhausted givers and careful complainers—complaining about the asymmetry that comes from what used to be a tradition: I support you when you get married, and you support me when I get married

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66:29

The Lonely Hunter

Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life ·

2022/05/19

There are an increasing number of resources for singles--resources that do more than help you get hitched. The best books for singles take a thoughtful, researched-backed approach to understanding the complexities of single living. One of those books, The Lonely Hunter: How Our Search For Love Is Broken, was written by Aimée Lutkin. In this episode, Peter McGraw speaks to Aimée about relationship, loneliness, and how our search for love (or lust) is broken.Love the show?Subscribe, rate, review, and

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27:50

Solo Thoughts 7 - Pete, Meet Peter

Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life ·

2022/05/12

Peter McGraw returns to share recent thoughts on how to live a remarkable life.Love the show?Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

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16:57

Solo Thoughts 6: What Does It Mean To Be Solo?

Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life ·

2022/05/05

Host Peter McGraw returns to the desert to update his thinking on what it means to be solo versus single.Love the show?Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

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66:22

Do You Need A Relationship Sponsor?

Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life ·

2022/04/28

In the previous episode, Peter McGraw speaks to a divorce coach about the planning, execution, and aftermath of a divorce. In this episode, he speaks to Rachel Beisel about a strategy to break bad relationship habits. Rachel presents the concept of a relationship sponsor (akin to an AA sponsor) who can support you if you have difficulty with romantic relationships.Love the show?Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

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57:27

How To Get Divorced

Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life ·

2022/04/21

One in three marriages in the United States end in divorce, and Peter McGraw has become the guy his friends call when they are getting divorced. In this episode, he speaks to Ruth Abraham, a Certified Professional Integrative coach, about the planning, execution, and aftermath of a divorce.Love the show?Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

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38:42

Business Insights From The Science Of Singles

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2022/04/14

Peter McGraw doesn't talk much about his life as a business school professor, but in this episode, he speaks to Amanda Kramer in his role as a professor and advocate for singles. This taping is part of the Leeds Business Insights podcast at the CU Boulder Leeds School of Business. They discuss familiar topics, but most of the conversation focuses on how organizations overlook singles from marketing and talent management standpoints.Love the show?Subscribe, rate, review, and share

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62:49

Alcohol

Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life ·

2022/04/07

If you are a frequent listener of Solo, you know that Peter McGraw doubts that an alcohol-fueled life can be especially remarkable. He believes that less drinking (or not drinking at all) is superior to being a frequent drinker. To explore this topic, he invites Brandon Patrick and Christina Martinez into the solo studio. Sadly, they had a technical problem and lost some content, which explains the sudden close to the episode. Nonetheless, the conversation is a good starting point for a

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76:28

Rest And Recovery

Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life ·

2022/03/31

Welcome back. In his book,Shtick to Business, Peter McGraw addresses how professionals have one of two problems: they either work too hard or don't work hard enough. He puts forth a model for both groups called "Grind and Release." In this episode, he brings together two solos from the world of fitness and rehabilitation to talk about the "release" side of the equation, with a focus on rest and recovery (and how they are not the same thing). If you take away anything from this episode, it is the

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35:54

How To Live Alone - Part 2

Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life ·

2022/03/24

Peter McGraw welcomes Christina Martinez and Brandon Patrick back into the Solo Studio to continue their conversation about how to live alone.Love the show?Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

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44:10

How To Live Alone - Part 1

Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life ·

2022/03/17

To bring a short series on doing things alone to a close, I invite previous guests Brandon Patrick and Christina Martinez back into the solo studio to talk about living alone. This is too big a topic to cover in just one episode, but we hit many of the highlights as we discuss our perspectives and experiences living alone, presenting pros, cons, and tips. We finish by presenting some tips to those of you who want to live alone.Love the show?Subscribe, rate, review, and share

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49:48

How To Parent Alone - Part 2

Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life ·

2022/03/10

This is Part 2 of Peter McGraw's conversation with two solo parents (with older children) about parenting alone. They continue their discussion of common challenges and opportunities that come from the transition to being a single parent, co-parenting, finding balance, dating (conventionally or not), and preparing for the transition to an empty nest. His guest close withadvice for having a remarkable life as a solo parent.Love the show?Subscribe, rate, review, and share

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47:45

How to Parent Alone - Part 1

Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life ·

2022/03/03

Peter McGraw bringstwo solo parents (with older children) into the studio to talk about parenting alone. They discusscommon challenges and opportunities that come from the transition to being a single parent, co-parenting, finding balance, dating (conventionally or not), and preparing for the transition to an empty nest. His guest close withadvice for having a remarkable life as a solo parent.Love the show?Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

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56:08

How To Do Things Alone

Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life ·

2022/02/24

Peter McGraw invites Brandon Patrick and Christina Martinez into the Solo Studio to talk about doing things alone (in public). They discuss their perspective and experiences doing things alone, and Peter shares the results of a survey of attached and unattached people for an array of activities that you might do alone or with others in public. They finish by presenting tips to listeners who want to do more things alone.Love the show?Subscribe, rate, review, and share

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58:11

Cycling

Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life ·

2022/02/17

Peter McGraw is joined by two cyclists (and friends) for an impromptu episode on cycling. Bikes are associated with autonomy and adventure--the same ideals that differentiate solos from singles.Love the show?Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

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Singles And Their Pets - Live Show

Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life ·

2022/02/10

This episode ends Peter McGraw's series on unconventional relationships--with an extension of a previous episode on singles and their pets. This episode was taped live as part of a charity event and comedy show in Denver. Peter is joined by Christie Buchele, one of the comics and a cat owner, and by Christina Martinez, a dog owner and soon-to-be familiar voice on the podcast. They discuss the results of a survey on singles and their pets. They also discuss the type of person who is the best fit for

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52:27

A Remarkable Single and Her Pet

Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life ·

2022/02/03

Peter McGraw continues the Solo series on unconventional relationships by looking at singles who seek the companionship of a pet. In this first part, he speaks to Lisa Curry, a dog owner and stand-up comedian. They discuss a survey of singles and their pets for his new project: A Single Insight: The Science of Solos. Part two will cover the results as part of a live taping of the podcast.Love the show?Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

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64:51

FWB: Friends With Benefits

Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life ·

2022/01/27

Peter McGraw addresses a pervasive but under-discussed type of relationship: Friends with Benefits (FWB; i.e., sexual friendships). His guests are drawn from Colorado’s polyamorous community. Obviously, you don’t need to be polyamorous to enjoy beneficial friendships, yet McGraw invited them to join because they are experienced and comfortable talking about unconventional relationships. His guests share stories about their beneficial friendships, what friends with benefits are and aren't, how it

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