Five Minutes With Robert Nasir
208 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago -Five Minutes With Robert Nasir is a weekly discussion about life. Robert and co-host Amy Nasir talk about living well, with an emphasis on rationality, benevolence, and success.
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2024-04-21 - Nice Guys Finish Last! - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 208
April 21, 2024 23:26 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBIn which Robert & Amy consider the unity of selfishness & benevolence. Living large vs. living larger. Self-possession & graciousness. Why not give your life's story a happy ending? Also, the life outside the panopticon, tea, film, music, and Being Independent Together!
2024-04-14 - Things Are Looking Up! - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 207
April 14, 2024 23:10 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBIn which Robert, flying solo, considers Current Events & Trends, and all of the reasons for looking up on National Look Up At The Sky Day ... and Reach As High As You Can Day! Also, the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, a Happy Birthday to Buffy, a look back at Five Minutes' Greatest Hits, and your questions and comments!
2024-04-07 - Happy Birthday ... Profanity ... Votes For Women! - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 206
April 07, 2024 23:23 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBIn which Robert & Amy open up the chat for ya'all to wish Amy a Happy Birthday! Also, Wicked Little Letters & profanity, True Grit, Mary Poppins, votes for women, and Happy National Beer Day!
2024-04-01 - Happy Easter: Resurrect Yourself! - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 205
April 01, 2024 23:42 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBIn which Robert & Amy celebrate Easter! Bunnies & dyed eggs, chocolate & Peeps, big meals & family time. Spring is here: respect yourself; ressurect yourself! Also, Abagail Adams' Letter and Gustave Eiffel's Tower, TV, film, theatres, concerts, art in the real world.
2024-03-24 - Live Larger, Last Longer! - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 204
March 25, 2024 00:03 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBMaking the climax last ... smiling 'til it hurts ... and jumping off the Hedonic Treadmill! Spring has come, and happy days are here again ... let's talk about making Happiness more enduring (and more interesting) than Heaven. How to increase (or at least sustain!) your Happiness Set Point. Also, Weekends & Holidays, Palms & Purim, Rock & Roll, Oil & Oscars, and the toy surprize which comes free with every avocado!
2024-03-17 - St. Patrick's Day, Green With Envy! - Five Minutes w/Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 203
March 17, 2024 23:27 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBIt's St. Patrick's Day, and Robert & Amy are Green with Envy! Seven Deadly Sins, Seven Cardinal Virtues & other fun, happy, inspiring Springtime Recommendations. Also, a Happy Birthday to Nat, Kurt, and George's Girl (be careful what you wish for, Mr. Clapton!)
2024-03-10 - Interview - Jean Moroney & The Work of Happiness - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 202
March 10, 2024 23:17 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBIn which Robert & Amy interview Jean Moroney of Thinking Directions, on her article, and upcoming Thinking Lab course, on 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.
2024-03-03 - The Senses and Sensibility - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 201
March 03, 2024 19:59 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBIn which Robert & Amy invite you to celebrate Sight, Sound, Scent, Taste and Touch! We discuss Alexander Graham Bell, Helen Keller, Francis Scott Key, Ayn Rand (of course!) and The Spirit of Radio. Drink deep, spend out, use it before you lose it, and live with passion!
2024-03-01 - Interview w/Scott Powell: The History Of Tomorrow - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Ep. 200
March 01, 2024 14:15 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBAn interview with Scott Powell on history ... History At Our House, Knowable World, The History Of Now, and The History Of Tomorrow. Robert & Amy talk to Scott about his new live course (which starts Saturday, March 2, 2024!), as well his personal & intellectual journey, his experiences in education (ranging from student to provider, producer, innovator), the development of present-centrism, his unique, powerful perspective on history, and more.
2024-02-27 - Surrounded by Miracles - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 199
February 28, 2024 00:08 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBIn which Robert & Amy ... and you ... celebrate an amazing past, an outrageous present, a glorious future, signs of hope, and reasons for gratitude ... also, the swearing-in of Hiram R. Revels, the unfortunate (and arguably emergency) manufacturing of money, and the birthday of George Harrison. "What Can One Do?", indeed!
2023-02-18 - Effective Ismism! Pivots & Menus - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 198
February 19, 2024 00:08 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBIn which Robert & Amy discuss Huck Finn, Yoko Ono, the Wheel Of Fortune and The Tea Party. Also, Ayn Rand, Great Lakes Objectivists, and The Joy of Lent!
2024-02-11 - Super Bowl Sunday ... Fútbol is Life! - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 197
February 12, 2024 04:15 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBIn which Robert & Amy celebrate free thought, romance, inventors, football, guitars, and rock & roll! Voltaire & Émilie du Châtelet, Swift & Kelce, Happy Birthday Thomas Edison, Ted Lasso, Happy Super Bowl Sunday, and Happy Valentine's Day!
2024-02-04 - Psy Ops! - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 196
February 05, 2024 00:10 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBIn which Robert & Amy engage in covert psychological operations to take over the world! PsyOps, AgitProp, Poisoning The Well ... The Swiftie Bowl is coming ... are you ready? Also, Social Media, Rosa Parks, the US Mail, Nikki's in NYC, Natalie is Torn, and Vincent Damon Furnier sez Hello, Hooray: I Wanna Be Elected!
2024-01-28 - Respect Your Self! - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 195
January 29, 2024 00:04 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBIn which Robert & Amy remind you to Celebrate your fine self! Respecting your nature, your potential, your boundaries, the awesomeness that is you! Also, We Are The World, Playing For Change, the curious connection between Jackson Pollock, The US Presidency, and the Kazoo. Also, Thomas Aquinas, "Mo" Rocca, and Happy National Amy Day!
2024-01-21 - Life's What You Make It! - Five Minutes with Robert and Amy Nasir - Episode 194
January 22, 2024 00:19 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBIn which Robert & Amy talk music, mastery, hugs, and managing your senses & your state. Also, work, winter, the need for speed, and Yaron Brook returns to Michigan.
2024-01-14 - BASED: Reality-Sizing Our Values! - Five Minutes with Robert and Amy Nasir - Episode 193
January 15, 2024 00:26 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBIn which Robert & Amy revisit that strange place called Reality, and attempt to right-size their goals, plans, and ambitions! Also, Allen Toussaint, Dave Grohl, Sunday Supper, Go Fly A Kite, and the antidote to the The Human Be-In!
2024-01-07 - BOOM! Resolutions: Two Approaches (Plus!) - Five Minutes with Robert and Amy Nasir - Episode 192
January 08, 2024 00:34 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBIn which Robert & Amy launch our ... and your ... Best Year Yet! Tips, tricks, advice & strategies for setting & achieving big, hairy, audacious goals ... and cute little ones too. Also, George Washington, Nicholas Cage, The Golden Globes, and Happy National Tempura Day!
2023-12-31 - 2023, 2024 & Beyond: Your Best Year Yet - Five Minutes with Robert and Amy Nasir - Ep.191
January 01, 2024 00:03 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBIn which Robert & Amy ... and you! ... celebrate a Happy New Year, looking back and looking forward! Plus, electric light, rock & roll, The Equalizer, and tips & tricks to insure that 2024 is Your Best Year Yet!
2023-12-24 - T'was The Night Before Christmas - Five Minutes With Robert and Amy Nasir - Episode 190
December 25, 2023 00:32 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBIn which Robert & Amy wish you a Merry Christmas Eve. Pre-celebrate Christmas with us! Also, A Christmas Carol, Gaza & Waco, Dogs, Cats & Bunnies ... and your comments!
2023-12-17 - What Unites Us - Five Minutes With Robert and Amy Nasir - Ep. 189
December 18, 2023 01:22 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBIn which Amy and Robert consider the season of values, and what brings us all together ... or should! Commerce & Trade, Performance & Engagement, Celebration & Merriment, Peace & Good Will among Men, Sharing the Best within Ourselves. Also, walking, flying, music, magic, hope, twinkling, and the surprise that's around every corner.
2023-12-03 - War, Intelligence, Mortality, Values & the Holidays - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Ep. 188
December 04, 2023 00:16 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBA light conversation regarding Times of War, Artificial (and Real) Intelligence, Optimism vs. Mortality, The Primacy of Values & the Holiday Season ... getting the most out of every breath and every day on Earth.
2023-11-29 - An Interview with Mark Pellegrino! - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Ep. 187
November 30, 2023 00:34 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBJoin us as we talk to Mark Pellegrino, actor, activist, host of The Reality Check on YouTube, regular co-host of The Daily Objective & The Reality Show on The Ayn Rand Centre-UK, and all-around good guy. We discuss Mr. Pellegrino's career (including being anti-woke in 21st century Hollywood), his own personal, philosophical, and political journey, books, music (including his favorite punk rock bands) and more!
2023-11-26 - Two Tips & A Little Christmas!- Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Ep. 186
November 27, 2023 00:10 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBA super quick (!!!) episode to Boost Your Holiday Cheer ... including two valuable tips! Also ... what's your favorite cake?
2023-11-19 - Have A Bad Day! - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Ep. 185
November 20, 2023 00:40 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBIn which Amy and Robert discuss it all. The conversation you want & need to hear (and have) ... just in time for the holidays! On gratitude & benevolence, war, allies & adversaries, grief, consolation & catharsis, holidays, joy & toxic positivity. And pumpkin pie versus pecan pie. Parties, and circuses, and deadly serious engagement. Don't tell me what kind of day to have!
2023-11-12 - AMA, Random/Randish! - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Ep. 184
November 13, 2023 00:09 - 1 hour - 56 MBAn Ask-Me-Anything episode, plus a little extra from Matthew Humphreys!
2023-11-10 - An Interview with Matthew Humphreys! - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Ep. 183
November 11, 2023 00:29 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBJoin us as we talk to Matthew Humphreys, lawyer, regular co-host of The Reality Show on The Ayn Rand Centre-UK, and defense attorney for the ARC-UK's mock trial series.
2023-11-05 - Live Large! - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 182
November 06, 2023 00:18 - 59 minutes - 54 MBIn which Robert & Amy discuss Life as an event, a competition, a concert, a play, a stage production. Finding your mojo. How and why to strut, swoon, belt it out, and engage. Also, Guy Faukes Night, Daylight Saving Time, AR & AI, Don Juan. Life during wartime; passion during trying times. It's what we're fighting for. It's only love. And that's all.
2023-10-29 - Happy Internet Day - We're All Connected - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 181
October 29, 2023 23:11 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBIn which Robert & Amy celebrate Internet Day, connectivity, access, data, information, presence, engagement, and cat videos!
2023-10-22 - War Is Hell. Life Is (Mostly) Not. Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 180
October 22, 2023 23:22 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBLife during wartime. The Story .. and the Rest of the Story. All the news "they" aren't telling you. What we're fighting FOR. By the numbers, life goes on ... usually. And remains, in most ways, pretty damn awesome. Optimism? No, just Realism. "Naïve and Dangerously Deluded"? Join us, and you decide!
2023-10-15 - Good News! (and Happy Birthdays!) - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 179
October 15, 2023 23:05 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBGood news about Dr. Robert Garmong, our dear friend Echo, Nights, Weekends, Holidays, Birthdays, The Ever-Growing Benevolence Bookshelf.
2023-10-08 - I Have Confidence! - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 178
October 08, 2023 23:05 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBIn which Robert and Amy celebrate Courage and Confidence ... and share their own Confidence Boosters! Also, Fire Safety, AC/DC, why The Past Does Not Equal The Future (except when it should)!
2023-10-01 - Thanks! - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 177
October 01, 2023 23:37 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBIn which Robert and Amy say, "thank you!" ... and recommend that everyone else does, too! Also, the first Model T, predictions of Music Everywhere, and Happy International Coffee Day!
2023-09-24 - Amy's Hallowe'en Recommendations! - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Ep. 175
September 24, 2023 23:12 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBIn which we share our thoughts on the Spooky Season, on the last Sunday before October! Also, 60 Minutes, Soichiro Honda, "Blind" Lemon Jefferson and Norcos Y Horchata!
2023-09-17 - On Loyalty: The Value of Being All-In - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Ep. 175
September 17, 2023 23:18 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBRobert & Amy discuss Trust, Loyalty, Devotion, and Dedication. Marriage, romance, and "love as the exception-making".
2023-09-10 - And I Quote - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 174
September 10, 2023 23:23 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBIn which Robert & Amy share some of their favorite quotes, as well as a few from this week's Great Lakes Objectivists (GLO) Dinner! Also, History's Drunk Driving Arrest, Grandparent's Day, The Inadvisability of Doing Oneself In, and Frances Hodgson Burnett on Project Gutenberg and Librivox.
2023-09-03 - Heroes & Villains, Part Two - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 173
September 03, 2023 23:02 - 53 minutes - 48.5 MBIn which we finish the conversation we started on Thursday's "Life On Earth" episode ... When The Hero & The Villain Are The Same Guy, Part Two! Also, the Treaty of Paris, the Stars & Stripes, Skyscrapers, and Happy Birthday, Louis Sullivan!
2023-08-27 - Sacred Songs - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 172
August 27, 2023 23:25 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBIn which music is everything. Robert & Amy make the case for purposeful playlists, and discuss their favorites. Also, Records, Bach, Rush, Gas, and Happy International Lottery Day!
2023-08-20 - Whims, Whimsy and Spontaneity - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 171
August 21, 2023 00:43 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBAn impromptu discussion ... on a whim! (But no whim-worship allowed!) Also, Viking I, Robert Plant, Amy Adams!
2023-08-13 - Reframing & Self-Mentoring - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 170
August 13, 2023 23:15 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBIn which Robert & Amy discuss the power of perspective, thinking about things in different (and sometimes surprising_ ways, focusing on less-obvious values, and being your own most-empowering friend.
2023-08-06 - Friendship and Assertiveness! - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 169
August 06, 2023 23:14 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBIn which Amy & Robert discuss friends ... best, casual, kindred ... also war, peace, poetry, comedy, trees and magic!
2023-07-30 - Who Do You Love? - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 168
July 30, 2023 23:13 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBOn Self-Love ... the rationality of ambition and self-respect. Self-care as justice. The cheerleader in the mirror. Doing yourself proud. Also, Henry Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clayton Hamilton, Playing Favorites, and the Joys of Cheesecake & Paperback Books!
2023-07-23 - An Interview with Robert Garmong - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Ep. 167
July 24, 2023 02:24 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBIn which Robert & Amy talk to Objectivist philosopher & Montessori educator Robert Garmong, about life in China, navigating the Chinese healthcare system while battling cancer, and updates on Amy's fundraiser. Also, Riots, Parents, Potter, and Vanilla Ice Cream!
2023-07-16 - Robert's Twelve Rules ... Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Ep. 166
July 16, 2023 23:19 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBIn which Robert & Amy discuss Life, the Podcast, and Everything! Also, Ford's first order for the "Model A", Tap Dancing, Popcorn, Film Noir, and Happy National Ice Cream Day!
2023-07-09 - OCON 2023 Part Two & Miami Review! - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Ep. 165
July 09, 2023 23:13 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBIn which Robert & Amy talk OCON, Miami, sunshine, music & dance! Also, Yeonmi Park and Freedom, Sophie and Russian Monarchy, San Francisco and Anaheim, Happy Birthday to Tom Hanks & Jack White, and None Of The Above cookies!
2023-07-02 - Live From OCON 2023 Part One - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 164
July 06, 2023 23:53 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBIn which Robert & Amy check in, live from Miami and OCON 2023! Highlights from OCON, Flamenco Adventures, and A Brief History Of Time!
2023-06-23 - Hot Air - Five Minutes With Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 163
June 25, 2023 23:39 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBThe joy of hot air! Lighter-than-air flight, and other values that bring us together. Also, the other kind of hot air ... on ideas that are sound (mere sound). Also, fatherless children, and childrenless fathers, and the pride of getting through it all. The virtue and value of pride, in ourselves, in others, in our country, and in the world of lions!
2023-06-18 - It Does Not Do, To Dwell On Nightmares - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Ep. 162
June 18, 2023 23:16 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBIn which Robert & Amy discuss Art & Automobiles, Tomato Soup & Krazy Glue, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and why it does not do to dwell on dreams ... or nightmares. Also, picnics, panic, the "project to live forever" and a Happy Birthday to Sir Paul McCartney ... well past 64!
2023-06-11 - Math vs. Dirt, Danger, and Second Chances - Five Minutes w/ Robert & Amy Nasir - Ep 161
June 11, 2023 23:16 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBFun as fundamental. How to think about risk, reward, and the math behind Pascal's Wager and the Artificial Intelligence Apocalypse. The hidden danger in comfort. The wisdom of Bucket Lists, Rocking Chair Tests, and Future You.
2023-06-04 - Women: The Bunk, or The Best? - Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 160
June 04, 2023 23:38 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBIn which Robert & Amy talk women, the battle of the sexes, the state of the economies, and cheese.
2023-05-28 - Celebrate! Lakeside with Five Minutes with Robert & Amy Nasir - Episode 159
May 29, 2023 02:02 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBIn which Robert & Amy attend a lakeside party, but have an episode anyway. Music, dance, conversation, food. Happy Memorial Day weekend, America. Happy Hamburger Day, World!