Listen Score
LS 49
Global Rank
TOP 0.5%

ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗

Update frequency:
every 17 days
Average audio length:
65 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
274 episodes
since Dec. 25, 2019
episodic
explicit content

AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗

~68.91% of listeners are from United States.
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US
68.91%
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KR
5.44%
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GB
3.20%
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SG
3.20%
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IE
2.88%
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FI
2.88%
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CA
2.88%
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MY
2.56%
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NO
1.60%
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PH
1.60%
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DE
0.64%
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IN
0.64%
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XK
0.32%
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PL
0.32%
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NL
0.32%
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AU
0.32%
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UA
0.32%
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SE
0.32%
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PE
0.32%
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ET
0.32%
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TW
0.32%
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BE
0.32%
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IT
0.32%
Others
0.05%
* Data source: directly measured on Listen Notes. real-time

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What does a man become when divorced from possessions? As Peter McGraw prepares to leave Denver for Bogotá, I discover that getting rid of stuff is the easy part. The harder part is confronting the scarcity, control, and old identity hiding inside it. This Solo Thoughts episode about decluttering,…

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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…
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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, Ernes…
In this Solo thoughts episode, Peter McGraw introduces the distinction between A-Life and B-Life. A-Life is achievement, optimization, production, and living through goals. B-Life is presence, pleasure, engagement, and doing things for their own sake. Drawing from anxiety, sabbatical planning, reti…
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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? Subscr…
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