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

This week’s episode features a remarkable solo and cast member of Dragons’ Den, the Canadian version of Shark Tank. Arlene Dickinson  joins Peter McGraw and Darlene Savoy to talk about reinvention and single living.  Love the show?  Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join the Solo community today: petermcgraw.org Peter McGraw Twitter Peter McGraw LinkedIn

Peter McGraw is joined by guest co-host Christina Campbell to talk to Emma John , the author of Self-Contained: Scenes from a Single Life . They discuss Emma's new memoir and explore her comfort being single and her discomfort talking about being single. Love the show?  Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join the Solo community today: petermcgraw.org Peter McGraw Twitter Peter M...

As part of a live taping for the Solo club on clubhouse, Peter McGraw speaks to Ketan Anjaria , a divorced dad and young empty nester. They have a wide-reaching conversation covering dating and race, mental health, and Ketan's struggles spending time alone. Make sure you stick around to learn his "sixth love language." Love the show?  Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join the...

Attachment theory has made its way into the public sphere with the help of the recent book Attached . The theory contends that people approach intimate relationships from one of three perspectives: secure, anxious, or avoidant. Peter McGraw and Iris Schneider are joined by Geoff McDonald , a social psychologist and relationship scientist who is part of a small group of people doing research on sin...

While the topic of parenthood comes up from time to time, it is often from the perspective that solos are typically   not parents. In this week's episode, however, Peter McGraw talks to two solo parents – one who is a single mother by choice and the other who had an “oopsie.” You will hear their stories, discover how their “team” helps them, and also learn a bit about how they go about dating...

This is the second half of a two-part episode. Peter McGraw is joined by co-host Iris Schneider( a fellow solo and behavioral scientist) to talk to Kinneret Lahad, a sociologist who does research at the intersection of time and singlehood. It’s an incredible conversation. One that has Peter thinking differently about living single and living well. Love the show?  Subscribe, rate, review, and...

Peter McGraw is joined by guest co-host Iris Schneider for part 1 of a conversation about “waiting” with Kinneret Lahad, a sociologist who conducts research at the intersection of time and singlehood. Love the show?  Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

Being single provides optionality (i.e., having the right but not obligation to take action.) In other words: freedom. Yet, singles often fail to consider their freedom and pursue a conventional life - valuing the same things and living similar lifestyles as their partnered counterparts. Last week’s episode examined how garnering financial freedom gives rise to freedom more generally. This week’s...

Being single provides optionality (i.e., “having the right but not the obligation to take action.”) Peter McGraw speaks to Anita Dhake (aka the Thriftygal) to examine how money can buy you freedom. Anita retired early and presents ways to lower your expenses in order to gain financial freedom. They talk "F-you” money, her admiration of Judge Judy, the questions she asks before making a material pu...

Peter McGraw often talks about how half of the American singles are not interested in a relationship or dating. In other words: it is totally normal to want to date OR to not want to date. In this episode, he speaks to the person who is responsible for these data: Anna Brown , a research associate at the Pew Research Center , as non-partisan, non-advocacy, non-profit. Anna presents some facts, and...

Welcome to the final episode of Peter McGraw's series on solitude. He invites two solo travelers – one part-time and one full-time – to a live podcast taping for his Solo club on Clubhouse. Topics include their experiences traveling alone, how they meet people on the road, and how they walk a city alone (i.e., flaneuring). They present tips for packing, safety, and saving money. They close the con...

For the penultimate episode of a six-part series on solitude, Pete McGraw speaks to Susan Newman , an expert who has written the book about being an only child. They are joined by Julie Nirvelli , a regular contributor to Solo who happens to be an only child and the mom of an only child. They discuss the reasons behind the rise of only children as a common family structure, the stereotypes and myt...

Peter McGraw continues his series on solitude with a conversation with Sasha Cagen , the founder of the QuirkyAlone movement. A QuirkyAlone is someone who enjoys being single (but is not opposed to being in a relationship) and generally prefers to be alone rather than dating for the sake of being in a couple. Does that sound like you? They discuss the origins of the term, its evolution, and how th...

Peter McGraw is joined by guest co-host Lily Rains  to continue the mini-series on solitude. They talk to Mason Currey , an author of a book that reveals how many great thinkers used their alone time to change the world with their art, music, and ideas.  Love the show?  Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join the Solo community today: petermcgraw.org Peter McGraw Twitt...

This week's episode continues our investigation of solitude. Peter McGraw speaks to a friend and remarkable single, Christina Martinez , about how she spends her alone time. They discuss her “Old man activities,” which include restoring a vintage van – an endeavor that has connected her to a new community and friends. They give encouragement and present best practices for people who want to cook a...

Peter McGraw kicks off a series on solitude with a scientific look at the topic. In this episode, he speaks to Robert Coplan, a psychologist working at the leading edge of this complex, fascinating topic. They discuss the problem of loneliness, but also cover the opposite problem: being alonely. Aloneliness is the stress that people feel when they don’t get enough alone time. Peter and Robert also...

Peter McGraw invites the co-founders of the  Onely  blog,  Christina Campbell  and Lisa Arnold, to talk about rebellious singles. These remarkable singles were able to accomplish extraordinary things through their ability, focus, and fortitude. However, one important thing to note is that their remarkable lives happened not despite their singleness but because of it. Finally, t...

Lisa Slavid returns as a guest co-host and introduces her friend, Annalyn Cruz , to discuss Annalyn’s journey off the relationship escalator and into her life as a remarkable single. In particular, keep an ear out for something that has not been talked about enough on the podcast: How to have a conversation about living your best life as a single with people who subscribe to a more conventional ap...

Peter McGraw is joined by  Kim Hudson , the author of  The Virgin's Promise . The regular listener knows that the story structure of the Virgin's Promise is a useful alternative to the often-discussed Hero's journey. Kim and Peter discuss how the Virgin's promise reveals ways for single people to transform themselves into solos. Also, the bonus material is back for members of the Solo Sl...

On occasion, Peter features rebellious singles on Solo. In this episode, he talks to one of his favorite, frequent guests about celebrities who are unapologetically unattached. Some names will be familiar, and others won’t – but they all have interesting perspectives. Love the show?  Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join the Solo community today: petermcgraw.org Peter McGraw T...

Happy April Fools' Day. This episode gives you a glimpse into Peter McGraw's other life as a business school professor and humor researcher. He invites two comedians, Jen O'Donnell and Shane Mauss , to discuss how to apply lessons from his recent book Shtick to Business to help make your life of single people even more remarkable. Love the show?  Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How...

Peter McGraw concludes his mini-series on conventional and unconventional relationships with a “rerun” of a previous episode with Vicki Larson, an author of a book that presents models of less traditional forms of marriage. Love the show?  Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join the Solo community today: petermcgraw.org Peter McGraw Twitter Peter McGraw LinkedIn

Peter McGraw continues to explore (un)conventional relationships by examining relationship anarchy with his new friend, Jessicka Chamberlin  (aka Joosey). They met each other on Clubhouse (the popular new social media app that features real-time conversation), and they taped the episode live in a Clubhouse room. As part of their discussion, they present the origins of Relationship Anarchy, ta...

Peter McGraw continues the series on conventional and unconventional relationships with Part 2 of a compelling conversation with Amy Gahran, the creator of the “Relationship Escalator.” Amy and Peter pick up their discussion on the hallmarks of the relationship escalator with sexual and romantic connections, and explore ways that people deviate from that and other criteria. If you stick to the end...

In this episode, Peter McGraw continues the Solo series on conventional and unconventional relationships with the first part of a conversation with Amy Gahran . Amy is the creator of “the relationship escalator” – a concept covered in previous episodes. Amy and Peter discuss the hallmarks of the relationship escalator and explore the many ways that people diverge from it – including consensual non...