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

Hosted by Dr. Peter McGraw

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Jun 2026

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“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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June 16, 2026Episode 2671 hr 9 min

Solo Book Club: The Present Age

Peter McGraw is joined by David Jitendranath for a Solo Book Club episode on Søren Kierkegaard’s The Present Age. They discuss why this slim, difficult book feels eerily modern: a culture of reflection without action, irony without commitment, resentment disguised as equality, and “leveling” as the force that pulls down anyone who dares to stand apart. A conversation about aliveness, deep water, and what it costs to act as an individual in an age of endless commentary.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

May 28, 2026Episode 2661 hr 0 min

Singles in the Workplace: How Companies Can Better Support Solo Employees

Sarah Brock, the CEO of Sarah Bee Talent, joins Peter McGraw to examine how “family-friendly” workplaces often overlook solo employees. Building on Peter’s recent article in The Conversation, they discuss scheduling, workplace culture, benefits, amatonormativity, and practical ways companies can better support Solos in an era when unmarried adults are reshaping the workforce.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

May 7, 2026Episode 2651 hr 0 min

Aging Single #12: The Wealth Ladder

What does financial freedom look like when you’re climbing solo? Peter McGraw talks with Nick Maggiulli, author of The Wealth Ladder, about the six levels of wealth, what changes at each stage, and how singles can build money—and a remarkable life—on their own.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

April 28, 2026Episode 26451 min

Are You Dead? Going Solo in China

One in four Chinese households is now a single person. Pan Wang, Associate Professor of Chinese and Asian Studies at UNSW Sydney, joins Peter McGraw to talk about the “Are You Dead?” app, one-person hotpot restaurants, date-renting, AI companions, marriage markets, and how TV dating shows reshaped love and marriage in a single generation.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

April 7, 2026Episode 26318 min

Solo Thoughts 18: Welcoming Rough Seas

A high-achieving friend falls in love and suddenly finds himself in rough emotional seas. In this Solo Thoughts episode, Peter McGraw explores why calm, optimized lives can make us successful – but not truly alive – and why passion, uncertainty, and even heartbreak may be the price of a psychologically rich life.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

March 24, 2026Episode 2621 hr 13 min

Lessons from the Hurt Business

Heavyweight boxer turned writer Ed Latimore joins Peter McGraw to talk about his new book, Hard Lessons from the Hurt Business—a raw meditation on violence, discipline, ego, addiction, and growth. Onwards!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo

March 10, 2026Episode 2611 hr 25 min

The Psychology of Solitude

Alone isn’t lonely. Psychologist Robert Coplan, author of The Joy of Solitude, coined aloneliness—the distress of not getting enough time to yourself. Psychologist Thuy-vy Nguyen, co-author of Solitude: The Science and Power of Being Alone, discovered the “deactivation effect”—just fifteen minutes alone turns down the volume on your emotions. Peter McGraw talks to them about the science of solitude and answers questions, such as “What actually happens when you sit with yourself? And how much solitude is enough?” The answers might surprise you.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo

February 28, 2026Episode 2601 hr 4 min

Aromanticism (Again)

In this re-released episode, Peter McGraw asks the question, “What if you never felt romantic love – and didn’t need to?” In this eye-opening favorite, Peter sits down with Jessalyn Dean, an aromantic relationship anarchist living a remarkable solo life. They unpack what it means to be aromantic, how Jessalyn got off the relationship escalator, and why autonomy, not romance, is her guiding compass. It’s funny, sharp, and surprisingly relatable – even if you’re not aromantic.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

February 12, 2026Episode 2591 hr 46 min

I Love You, Man (Again)

What happens when two charismatic creatives—and close friends—sit down with Peter McGraw to talk friendship, love, and the Solo movement? This intimate, funny, and thoughtful conversation with Chester See and Darwyn Metzger explores what it means to live remarkably, forge deep male friendships, and question the default path. A fan favorite, this episode returns for a new wave of listeners.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

January 20, 2026Episode 2581 hr 15 min

Sick while Solo

Why are unmarried patients less likely to receive life-saving medical treatments? Peter McGraw talks to professor and author Joan DelFattore about how America’s healthcare system disadvantages those who are single or outside the nuclear family model. From TEDx talks to the New England Journal of Medicine, she’s sounding the alarm on a silent crisis. If you’re Solo—and especially if you live alone—you need to hear this episode.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo