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Episode 236 - Now The Season, Now The Question!

2024-12-01 - In which Robert & Amy celebrate December, and discuss Good Will Among Men (and Women!).  Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and The Virtue of Selfishness.  Spirituality and Playboy, Mooning, Spooning, and Juneing ... Now is the Season to Treat Yo' Self ... and more!

Episode 235 - Anniversary, Thanksgiving & AUA!

Robert & Amy celebrate the holiday season, including their 24th wedding anniversary, and answer your questions live!  Also, writers, drummers, and Happy Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day ... what's your "unique talent"?

Episode 234 - Rocking Out: To Thine Own Self Be True!

In which Robert & Amy talk carbs & punk rock ... also, the Governator, Canadian panache, cleaning your (online) room, writing your story, curating and celebrating (almost) everything!

Episode 233 - Everything's Gonna Be Alright (If You Want It)

In which Robert & Amy celebrate the past, the present, the future, and heroes, real & fictional.  The rational, the reasonable, the gracious, and the turkeys.  Election season is over, and Thanksgiving month (ThanksGLOing!) is here.  Tips for being better, stronger, more effective, present, grateful, happy. 

Episode 232 - U.S. Election Special 2024!!!

It's Election Week in the USA ... and Robert & Amy explain it all!  A special edition of Five Minutes, on the road ... wrestle-mania, media-mania, narratives, humor, and good old-fashioned B.S.ing.  List-mania: all the good, and all the bad.  How to think about the election ... AFTER the election. 

Episode 231 - Hallowe'en Special: Evil & Good, Pt. 2

In which our mentor, Mr. Bones makes a guest appearance, and we continue last week's discussion of The Joy Of Evil ... Happy Hallowe'en!  Also, we're diggin' the New York Subway, John Cleese, Simon Le Bon, and Happy National Black Cat Day! 

Episode 230 - Evil & Good

A rousing discussion of the Wages of Sin ($7.25 per hour)!  Buying New Orleans, doing The Monster Mash, and the power ... for good and ill ... of ideas.  Also, Trick or Treat & TreeRunners ... Happy Birthday, Robert! 

Episode 229 - Failing For Success And Happiness!

The International Day of Failure!  Risk tolerance versus defeatism.  Falling down, and failing up.  The pride of acknowledging failure, and leveraging the lessons learned when things don't work out, to achieve success.  When good is good enough ... and when it's not.  Also, M&M's, Yorkshire pudding, and Happy National No-Bra Day! 

Episode 228 - Fun with Flourishing!

In which Five Minutes Takes Five (and Gives Five Back)!  George Westinghouse, the incandescent light bulb, and Vance vs. Walz, versus Clinton vs. Dole.  
Also, prospering versus flourishing, making the world 1/8,000,000,000th better, and Happy National Noodle Day! 


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Recent Interviews:

Scott Powell & The History of Tomorrow!  

In which Robert & Amy interview Mr. Powell regarding history, politics, and his upcoming book, The History of Tomorrow: Understanding the World We Will Live In, the subject of a new adult history course beginning this Saturday, August 17, 2024.

Jean Moroney and The Work of Happiness!

* How has Jean explored and expanded the Concept of Happiness?
* Why is an egoistic code necessary ... and why is it not enough? 
* We all know what we want ... or do we?
* Value orientation (versus threat orientation), integrating your values, the need for a Central Purpose, and the price of Happiness.

Scott Powell & The History of Now! 

 An interview with Scott Powell on history ... History At Our House, Knowable World, The History Of Now, and The History Of Tomorrow. Scott's new live course, as well his personal & intellectual journey, his experiences in education, the development of present-centrism, his unique, powerful perspective on history, and more.

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Returning soon: Life on Earth with Robert & Amy Nasir! 
Check out previous episodes on the Ayn Rand Centre UK channel ... a
ll of the episodes of Life On Earth with Robert Nasir are in a playlist here!

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