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

By Dr. Peter McGraw

“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

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Number 1: Q and A with Peter's Soul Sister
Every day is a big day – but some days are bigger than others. For the final recording in the Solo Studio, Peter welcomes back a familiar guest: his soul sister of 22 years, Julie Nirvelli. Before Peter packs up, clears out, and heads to South America for sabbatical, the two sit down for a candid Q&A about friendship, independence, blind spots, and what happens when people who love each other disagree. Prompted by a beautifully messy listener question, Peter and Julie explore sensitive subjects, intellectualizing versus feeling, and the places where autonomy can both serve us and get in our way. They also reflect on how their views of Solo living have evolved – and look ahead to Peter’s next chapter: examining the “Solo economy” and the institutions still built around couples, despite a world increasingly filled with unmarried people and one-person households. It’s a conversation about rough seas, remarkable friendships, and making space for a new life without abruptly abandoning the old one. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/
August 25, 202656min
Number 2: The Golden Girls, Again
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August 06, 20261h 6min
Number 3: People Who Shouldn't Have Married (Again)
What if some of history’s most fascinating people didn’t need better marriages — they needed permission not to marry? In this re-release of a fun, historically rich Solo classic, Mary Dahm and Peter McGraw discuss people who probably shouldn’t have married, using figures like Abraham Lincoln, Ernest Hemingway, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman to reveal how marriage became the expected escalator into adulthood, respectability, and belonging. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo
July 23, 202655min
Number 4: 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/
June 16, 20261h 10min
Number 5: Aging Single #11: Third Acts
Whether you call it a Third Act, third season, or second life, one thing’s clear: middle-age and beyond isn’t the end. It’s a redesign. In this episode, as part of the series on aging, retiring, and dying single, Peter McGraw explores how Solos can turn aging, retirement, and reinvention into their most liberated chapter yet. Joined by Theresa Williamson, a city planner and Solo in her own second life, they unpack how mobility, flexibility, and optionality give Solos an edge—and why a fulfilling Third Act doesn’t require a fat bank account or a partner, just a little creativity (and maybe a plane ticket to Brazil). Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo
December 30, 202553min