{"podcast":{"title":"Keep Talking","slug":"keep-talking-1331245","podcast_index_feed_id":1331245,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/humans/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/humans","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/humans/20210520_005222_a8e19a4cd6d9a7bc6e33dc39aa33e2b3.jpg","author":"Dan Riley","episode_count":155,"summary":"\"Keep Talking\" exists to have conversations that might help to make a better society and a better culture. I believe that each guest has important information and stories to make public. And it's something that I want to share.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T02:20:25.098457+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/keep-talking-1331245"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 128: Robert Greene - America's Inability To Talk Honestly About Power","slug":"episode-128-robert-greene-america-s-inability-to-talk-honestly-about-power","published_at":"2024-11-08T10:00:10+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/keep-talking-1331245/episode-128-robert-greene-america-s-inability-to-talk-honestly-about-power","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/keep-talking-1331245","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/humans/1741213","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/14586/1741213/humans/2024_11_07_09_29_01_9d8ff892-aadd-41ab-aee2-65268d78000b.mp3","summary":"Robert Greene is the author of many best-selling books, including \"The 48 Laws of Power,\" which is the primary subject of our conversation. A rebroadcast from 2022. ------------ Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting ------------ Keep Talking Substack Spotify Apple Podcasts Social media and all episodes ------------ Support via Venmo Support on Substack Support on Patreon ------------ (00:00) Intro (01:00) ‘Power’ as explained in \"The 48 Laws of Power\" (04:33) Robert's depression before writing \"The 48 Laws of Power\" (09:03) Why are people reluctant to talk about power? (13:44) The link between the desire for fulfillment and power (17:58) From powerless to powerful: Robert’s story (22:30) Human's desire to gain power through autonomy and authenticity (27:19) How to live a life that increases one's power (33:00) The importance of self-mastery (38:03) Lincoln's quote about power (44:22) Is power inherently neutral, neither good nor bad? (47:49) Carl Jung's quote on \"the shadow\" (52:20) What are examples of America's shadow? (56:07) The importance of integrating one's shadow (01:04:56) How can the American center hold, given our polarization? (01:12:07) Four laws of power for modern times (01:14:44) The relationship between power and love","meta_description":"Robert Greene is the author of many best-selling books, including \"The 48 Laws of Power,\" which is the primary subject of our conversation. A rebroadcast…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4875,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/keep-talking-1331245/episodes/episode-128-robert-greene-america-s-inability-to-talk-honestly-about-power/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/keep-talking-1331245/episode-128-robert-greene-america-s-inability-to-talk-honestly-about-power.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}