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George and Steve catch up before George heads on a road trip across the good old USA! Topics include: - Steve's new YouTube channel (check it out + subscribe!) - Elena Ferrante's "Days of Abandonment" - What to call fiction when it's based on real life - Bo Burnham's Inside

A Guardian article recently claimed that bookish men are at a premium on dating sites. What does this mean for our bibliomaniac hosts? Plus, Steve worries he's spreading himself too thin...

Steve takes a writing class, and we ask whether creative work is worth it if you don't think it will be successful.

It's Spring, and Steve just finished speaking on a virtual retreat. In this episode, we talk: - Tips on public speaking (and why it matters) - Thoughts on millenial house buying vs. investing - VR and the future of live events - Understanding the Western mindset through the recent book "The Weirdest People In The World" --- Email us at shhussey@gmail.com Follow Steve on Instagram: @stephenhhussey

Sometimes it takes art to reflect the deepest truths of our lives back to us. And nowhere is this more true than the challenges of relationships. Join us for a talk about favourite relationships in books and what we might dare to learn from them. -- Books mentioned: Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami) Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee) Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh) The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) Possession (A.S. Byatt) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Phillip K. Dick) Alone in Berlin (Hans Fallada) Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov) Normal People (Sally Rooney) Northern Lights Trilogy (Phillip Pullman)

Our 30 days are up...so it's time to check the results. Did we stick to our new habits? What have we learnt going forward into the rest of 2021? Also... George has also been crashing through EVERY Best Picture winning movie since 1950. Which are his top recommendations, and what are the great stinkers? Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify and Stitcher. And don't forget to join our mailing list at SpeakingGenerally.com!

Maybe you think you know what virtues make for a good person: - Kindness - Moral courage - Honesty But do we all ACTUALLY agree on what makes for praiseworthy character? And are some of these values restrictive and overrated? Join us for a chat as we wrestle with Aristotle and grapple with the problem of goodness. Follow Stephen (@stephenhhussey) on Instagram and let us know your thoughts.

How do you decide what to read? Should you go 50/50 with fiction vs. non-fiction? Is it better to be led by your gut, or plan your books in advance? We talk all this and more in this new booky-wooky episode!

At the end of bad things, you can always begin something new. So that's what we're gonna do. We talk about 4 brand new habits we want to adopt for January to control our own precious little slice of 2021.

It's Christmas time, there's no need to be afraid...

Another lockdown? Another podcast. Join us as we talk: - How to "get hunkered" - Books we recommend for being cozy - American candy favourites

Steve knows what it's like to struggle with weight. George is worried he's eating too much in lockdown. Together, we talk about: - How Steve went from chubby boy to healthy man - Why "identity" matters in getting yourself to exercise - The importance of deciding what body weight works for YOU - The 80/20 rule applied to snacks - Health advice from Warren Buffet

It's time for a change, so one of our heroes had up and moved to the ol' USA.

The four burners theory says you have four areas of focus in life: 1. work 2. family 3. health 4. friends But can you have them all? Is trying to achieve perfect balance the path to the good life, as suggested by the Greeks and Confucian wisdom? Or is sacrifice necessary to do great things with our time on earth? Let's weigh the scales and balance out the arguments!

We're back! Some personal events have kept us away, but here we are, gently easing back in for a cozy podcast chat. We talk: - George's COVID wedding (at last!) - What wins and loses after COVID - London life after lockdown - favourite recent books and TV in 2020

"Millenials are work-shy, entitled cry-babies" "Boomers are narcissistic, entitled and greedy" We've heard the stereotypes. But how true are they? Does it help to define attitudes by generations? And how much can we escape conforming to the stereotypes of the group we belong to? Join us, and email at shhussey@gmail.com to let us know your thoughts on the podcast!

Lockdown. Day 9313911309135097. Here's how we're spending it.

Is it good to live in your own world? Will you be happier and healthier if you just ignore all the things that annoy you: politics, irritating family/friends, people who don't "get" you, activities you don't care about? We look at economist Bryan Caplan's case for living in your own bubble and discuss if it's a good idea for health and happiness.

Will coronavirus change the world? It already has. But where will we be a year from now? How will we behave when lockdown finally ends? And has the future of business, lifestyle, and relationships changed drastically following this once-in-a-lifetime "black swan" event? Join us for the big chat. And wash your hands.

Stuck at home in the time of corona? Not much we can do about that unfortunately. But what we CAN do is find ways to be productive when working from our desk, setting our own hours, and maximizing our output with simple habits and knowledge of what makes us most productive. And now is a time like no other to learn practices of self-discipline and motivation essential to thriving outside the typical office environment! Have a listen to our newest favourite productivity tips and let us know which work best for you! (Looks like we could all be at home for a while anyway, right?)