Five Minutes With Robert Nasir

In which Robert & Amy talk carbs & punk rock ... also, the Governator, Canadian panache, cleaning your (online) room, writing your story, curating and celebrating (almost) everything!

In which Robert & Amy celebrate the past, the present, the future, and heroes, real & fictional. The rational, the reasonable, the gracious, and the turkeys. Election season is over, and Thanksgiving month (ThanksGLOing!) is here. Tips for being better, stronger, more effective, present, grateful, happy.

It's Election Week in the USA ... and Robert & Amy explain it all! A special edition of Five Minutes, on the road ... wrestle-mania, media-mania, narratives, humor, and good old-fashioned B.S.ing. List-mania: all the good, and all the bad. How to think about the election ... AFTER the election.

In which our mentor, Mr. Bones makes a guest appearance, and we continue last week's discussion of The Joy Of Evil ... Happy Hallowe'en! Also, we're diggin' the New York Subway, John Cleese, Simon Le Bon, and Happy National Black Cat Day!

A rousing discussion of the Wages of Sin ($7.25 per hour)! Buying New Orleans, doing The Monster Mash, and the power ... for good and ill ... of ideas. Howard Roark, Gail Wynand, and The Garden Of Eden.  Also, Trick or Treat & TreeRunners ... Happy Birthday, Robert!

The International Day of Failure! Risk tolerance versus defeatism. Falling down, and failing up. The pride of acknowledging failure, and leveraging the lessons learned when things don't work out, to achieve success. When good is good enough ... and when it's not. Also, M&M's, Yorkshire pudding, and Happy National No-Bra Day!

In which Five Minutes Takes Five (and Gives Five Back)! George Westinghouse, the incandescent light bulb, and Vance vs. Walz, versus Clinton vs. Dole. Also, prospering versus flourishing, making the world 1/8,000,000,000th better, and Happy National Noodle Day!

In which Robert & Amy celebrate mountain climbing, staycations, adventure & romance. Knowing when to go out, and when to stay in (and get things done). "Because it's there!" ... the mountain-climbers' charming, eloquent answer to the question, "why climb the mountain?" ... as the very expression of Life as an End In Itself. Also, stock market tips, fighting windmills, and happy National Coffee Day...

Curating your spaces, evicting your enemies, getting back on track after being derailed ... and prepping for The Fall. Getting from The End Of The World As We Know It, to the world as we want it, in one easy step. Also, emancipation, electro-magnetism, ice cream cones, and the Joy of White Chocolate!

In which Robert & Amy answer listener questions regarding frolicking ... why, when, where ... and wish a Happy Birthday to Barry Gibb, Lily Tomlin, and composer Johann Pachelbel! Also, Google AI vs. ChatGPT on Ayn Rand ... Happy Atlas Shrugged Day!

In which Robert & Amy discuss kindness. Benevolence. Generosity. Fun. These are a joy to exercise, and for good (and yes, rationally self-interested) reasons. Saving the world, one starfish at a time. Also, liberated Paris, instant ramen, the Loco-Motion, Sean Connery, New Orleans, Yes, and Happy Whiskey Sour Day!

In which Robert & Amy encourage singing, dancing, and other forms of recklass abandon ... and ask you for your best ideas on SAVING THE WORLD! Also, women's rights, serendipity, and Happy Birthday, Robert Redford. Being There for Harold and Maude, and ideas for the next two centuries.

Join us for a special edition of Five Minutes, in which Robert & Amy discuss The History of Tomorrow with historian Scott Powell! Mr. Powell's upcoming book, The History of Tomorrow: Understanding the World We Will Live In, is the subject of a new adult history course beginning this Saturday, August 17, 2024. Sign up, and mention Five Minutes With Robert Nasir for $50 off the price of enrollment!...

In which Robert & Amy discuss the benefits and hazards of saying "yes!" to everything .. and encourage YOU to do the same! New Orleans, D.O.A., Fear & Dinosaurs. Amy Nasir on meeting your heroes. The role of role models. Atomic Habits. "Fake it 'til you make it!" vs. "do it until it's natural." When "second-best" is best. Also, it's Hip-Hop Day, Reagan on Russia, "How can I stop being so emotional...

When to fight, and when to ... do everything else. How to take the fight seriously, without taking the adversary to heart. The 97/3 Principle. Suffering Suffragettes! Also, milk chocolate vs. dark chocolate, standards and definitions, Sunday morning bible reading (Ecclesiastes 3-8), music and noise, bunnies & other street cats, and are bad guys really just lapsed Objectivists? Join us in the chat...

In which Robert & Amy discuss the one simple, powerful secret "they" don't want you to know! Attract abundance into your life, and manifest the reality you want! Also, Current Events, Conspiracies, and What To Do At The End Of The World! Occam's Razor, Robin Williams, and Harry Potter VII. And more ice cream! (Oh ... and Bye Bye, Biden!)

In which Robert & Amy consider the alternative ... to everything! And encourage you to do the same! Creative thinking for fun & profit. Also, the Sedition Act & Bastille Day, Mac & Cheese, Quent Cordair Fine Art's new website, and Happy Birthday Phoebe Waller-Bridge (because we each need a few heroes who are younger than ourselves)!!!

A wide-ranging dicussion, in which Robert & Amy talk talk fun, frolicing, travel, rock & roll, and Robert A. Heinlein. How much politics matters (hint: a fintite amount). The Center WILL Hold.

In which Robert & Amy answer the question: with Independence Day in The United States of America coming up this week, can we survive, if the Leader Of The Free World is going to be one of the two octogenarians we saw debate on Thursday night?  Also, Soviet Russia versus Putin's Russia, Michael Phelps & "Throbbing Prawn", honoring the late, great Chris Squire, and Happy Social Media Day ... life's...

In which Robert & Amy contemplate & debate what's really going on. What drives history?  What drives politicians? And how is it that we can still get great pizza, any time, any day? Why everything is still amazing.

In which Robert & Amy (and YOU) save the world! Also, fudge, the Magna Carta, Adam Smith, and Happy Father's Day.

In which Robert & Amy chat about sex, romance, gender, identity, adventure, creativity, and dinosaurs! Happy 6/9 ... it's National Sex Day!

In which Robert & Amy discuss Meaning, Gratitude, Happiness, and Life as an End in Itself ... and in answer to Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Richard Dawkins, we ask YOU, what makes life worth living, and what are the Top 3 people/places/things/experiences you are grateful for?

In which Robert & Amy reflect on the value of Time, and heartily encourage ya'all to make the most of your every tomorrow! Also, Shakespeare in China, Oscar Wilde, Wayne, Kravitz & Nicks, embracing and re-embracing music, and aerial origami: Happy National Paper Airplane Day!

The Best of Robert and Amy ... and You! Robert & Amy answer your questions, and question your answers. What could you speak on or demonstrate for 30 minutes, without zero preparation: the value of back-pocket songs & lectures. Also, Limericks, Happy Birthdays to Katharine Hepburn & Steve Winwood, and a Happy Mother's Day to all of the wonderful mothers, around the world!