55 episodes
Speaking Generally Stephen Hussey and George Taylor
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- Society & Culture
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4.6 • 9 Ratings
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Two friends talk culture, self-improvement, movies, books, and more!
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Starting A YouTube Channel, Fact vs. Fiction in Literature, Bo Burnham's Inside
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 -
Is Dating Better For Bookish Men, Spreading Yourself Too Thin, Nomadland
A Guardian article recently claimed that bookish men are at a premium on dating sites. What does this mean for our bibliomaniac hosts?
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Doing Creative Work When it’s Not Successful, Famous Writers’ Productivity, How To Teach Fiction
Steve takes a writing class, and we ask whether creative work is worth it if you don't think it will be successful.
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Why You Should Invest In Public Speaking, Millenial House Buying, The Weirdest People In The World…
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"
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Email us at shhussey@gmail.com
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Relationships We Can Learn From
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.
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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) -
30-Day Challenge Results (What Habits We Stuck To) + Best Films List
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?
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Customer Reviews
My favorite podcast!
You know that moment. You’re sitting in a café or on an airplane when an interesting conversation catches your ear. You don’t want to be obvious about it as you strain to hear more, but pretty soon you’re engrossed in the discussion.
“Speaking Generally” feels a lot like that. You’ll learn. You’ll laugh. You’ll wish you had a velvety English accent.
Thanks to Stephen and George, you’ll go deep and discover surprising things about areas you thought you knew. And the topics that are new to you will open doors you never would’ve explored otherwise. From books to film to philosophy to travel to Japanese animation to dating to exercise . . . I could go on, but it’s better if you just listen.
I also highly recommend checking out older episodes. Nearly all of them are evergreen, and the more you gobble up, the more you’ll find yourself becoming that sparkling conversationalist others listen in on.
A podcast to cancel plans for
Stephen and George gift us with interesting/truthful insight of ordinary we often take for granted and give us a new perspective. Deliciously funny and sexy!
Intelligent and Interesting!
Two intelligent men discussing very interesting topics! Checks all my boxes. Thanks for putting it out there!