{"podcast":{"title":"Align Podcast","slug":"align-podcast-742574","podcast_index_feed_id":742574,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/SSM6025167151","website_url":"https://alignpodcast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/638b206a-f25b-11f0-a7ef-1fed79ed1467/image/1e4bf3eb3e23d3c4ef7aefef17c6bdfc.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Aaron Alexander","episode_count":599,"summary":"Welcome! I'm Aaron, host of the Align Podcast. Understanding your mind and body can be confusing, this podcast will help by combining ancient wisdom with modern science to better know yourself. New here? Start with these episodes: Byron Katie, Bruce Lipton, Aubrey Marcus, Gabor Maté, Robert Sapolsky, Chris Williamson, Robert Edward Grant, Dr. Perry Nickelston, Wim Hof, Peter Crone, James Clear, Zach Bush, Teal Swan, Dr. Mike Israetel, Gabby Reece, Laird Hamilton, Marianne Williamson If you love this podcast, I would love for you to connect with me on Instagram, @AaronAlexander","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T12:18:08.872103+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/align-podcast-742574"},"episode":{"title":"Gabor Maté: The Psychology Behind Power, Narcissism & Donald Trump","slug":"gabor-mat-the-psychology-behind-power-narcissism-donald-trump","published_at":"2026-03-20T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/align-podcast-742574/gabor-mat-the-psychology-behind-power-narcissism-donald-trump","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/align-podcast-742574","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/tracking.swap.fm/track/hQzRUk5FlBqiODHZblrZ/traffic.megaphone.fm/SSM4830621493.mp3?updated=1777262626","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/tracking.swap.fm/track/hQzRUk5FlBqiODHZblrZ/traffic.megaphone.fm/SSM4830621493.mp3?updated=1777262626","summary":"Narcissism is everywhere in today’s conversation. Labeled, analyzed, and often condemned. But what if it isn’t simply dysfunction… what if it’s protection? What if the traits we judge most harshly were once necessary for survival? And when we look at powerful figures like Donald Trump, are we seeing pathology... or the long shadow of early adaptation? In this episode of the Align Podcast, Dr. Gabor Maté unpacks how childhood experiences shape identity, behavior, and health, revealing how trauma lives in the body and drives much of what we call personality. This conversation opens a deeper lens on healing, connection, and what it really means to come back to yourself. EPISODE #586 IS SPONSORED BY: 🎟️ Get 15% off at Kaizen (clean electrolytes): https://LiveKaizen.com/align 🎟️ Go to Timeline.com/ALIGN and get up to 39% off your order of Mitopure Gummies ========== OUR GUEST ========== A renowned speaker and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress, and childhood development. Dr. Maté has written several bestselling books, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection, and Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It, and has coauthored Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. His works have been published internationally in nearly thirty languages. ============ GABOR MATÉ ============ 📸 IG ▶ https://www.instagram.com/gabormatemd/ 📘 FB ▶ https://www.facebook.com/drgabormate ▶ YT ▶ https://www.youtube.com/@drgabormate9132 🌐 WEB ▶ https://drgabormate.com/ ================= AARON ALEXANDER ================= 📸 IG ▶ https://www…","meta_description":"Narcissism is everywhere in today’s conversation. Labeled, analyzed, and often condemned. But what if it isn’t simply dysfunction… what if it’s protection…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4355,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/align-podcast-742574/episodes/gabor-mat-the-psychology-behind-power-narcissism-donald-trump/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/align-podcast-742574/gabor-mat-the-psychology-behind-power-narcissism-donald-trump.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}