Solo - Peter McGraw

How To Not Go On A Date

You may remember a previous episode, “How to go on a date.” This is a long overdue follow-up for non-daters: how to not go

February 9, 2023

Contemporary Spinsterhood

The Solo movement is growing. Lucy Meggeson has a wonderful new podcast for single childless women: Spinsterhood Reimagined. Peter McGraw was the first guest

February 2, 2023

Emotional Intelligence

In the third installment in a series on the invention of marriage and cooperation, Peter McGraw speaks to Hillary Anger Elfenbein about something that

January 26, 2023

Are You Thriving Or Coping?

Compared to research on married people, there is little being done to investigate the well-being of single people. Fortunately, Geoff MacDonald, a social psychologist

January 23, 2023

The Social Leap

How can something so complex and far-reaching as marriage could be invented and so widely adopted? To begin to answer that question, Peter McGraw

January 19, 2023

The All-or-Nothing Marriage

To understand single living, you need to understand non-single-living – especially the 800-pound gorilla of relationships: marriage. In this episode, Peter McGraw speaks to Eli

January 12, 2023

Freedom In Community

Peter McGraw talks about how remarkable singles have a team — an interconnected group of friends, family, acquaintances, and professionals. But this takes work.

January 5, 2023

Optionality

As the year ends, remarkable singles around the world are considering how to make their lives even more remarkable. To help with that endeavor,

December 29, 2022

Finally being understood

I constantly have to explain to family and friends why I am not getting married even when they often complain about marriage. I like living outside the social norms but it can be tough to talk to people about sometimes. This is such a fun, funny, and informative way for me to feel like I’m not flying solo alone. I’m excited this exists. Off to an amazing start

What took so long?

The series is so far both fun and smart, and I'm surprised nobody has taken on the topic of "unapologetically unattached" in such a manner before. I can't wait to see what's to come.

Serious, Silly, and Ph.D Level Smart

Dr. McGraw is a unique person in the field of academia, always bringing an intelligent and personal angle to an unexplored and off beat idea. He did with morality research, then with humor research in his amazing book the Humor Code, and now with Solo, his most personal project yet. Just when you think he’s going to be serious, he is silly, and just when you think another joke is coming he brings in the serious advice and legitimate science. An outsider and insider to every topic he approaches all at once...

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Podcast: Solo

The single person’s guide to a remarkable life

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Episodes

How To Not Go On A Date

Contemporary Spinsterhood

Emotional Intelligence

The All-or-Nothing Marriage

Freedom In Community

Optionality

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