Nopes and Opes

Nopes and Opes

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Nopes and Opes episodes

  • The Hardest Simple Truth
    Welcome to episode 3. As always I like to have Hyaln write something for the description. Here are his thoughts.
    When asked to describe the book I wrote, I usually say something like "If you want to be happy and healthy, just take responsibility for the life you are creating. ALL of it." For me, this is the "simplest truth" our world has to offer. As it turns out though, it is easier to write those words than actually do this in the real world. Further, with every day that passes the world seems to be making this simple concept more and more difficult... 
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    54 min
  • The book begins...

    Hello! In this episode, we begin to talk about Hylan's book Swimming Backwards Underwater. Specifically, we will be referring to the first two chapters of the book. We are in the process of making them available to be purchased so stay tuned.

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    39 min
  • Intro to Nopes and Opes

    Two friends, from very different generations, who only met this past summer, talking. Talking about a book, about life, about questions and answers, and how can we move forward.

    Talking about big things, little things, things that make us laugh, and certainly things that make us cry. But most importantly, talking (and listening) because we both feel we might have some words the world needs to hear.

    But this is just an intro you will have to wait for all that other stuff...


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    38 min

About Nopes and Opes

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Two friends, one from Gen Z and one a Gen X’er, want to take a chance to put something positive into the world. “Nopes & Opes” is a recorded effort of conversations between two friends; conversations that hopefully benefit both Rowan and Hylan but also anyone who might listen. This podcast came about because Hylan published a short book in 2014 and gave Rowan a copy. Once Rowan read it he knew he wanted to do something with Hylan.