{"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 146: James Hollis - How To Be Who You Are","slug":"episode-146-james-hollis-how-to-be-who-you-are","published_at":"2025-03-14T10:00:47+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/keep-talking-1331245/episode-146-james-hollis-how-to-be-who-you-are","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/keep-talking-1331245","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/humans/1935957","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/14586/1935957/humans/2025_03_11_18_43_55_26c6af4d-4115-4fa2-8dd7-da69a7345db6.mp3","summary":"James Hollis is a Jungian psychoanalyst and the author of many books, including \"A Life of Meaning,\" which is the primary subject of our conversation. ------------ 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 01:05 Why Jim wrote \"A Life of Meaning\" 05:28 The shadow 08:38 Why confront one's shadow? 10:48 The numinous and finding your calling 25:20 Lethargy is a threat to living 29:55 A modern culture of distraction 32:28 Jim's decision to become a public educator 37:02 Jim's growth beyond his family of origin 44:30 Psychopathology 48:26 Sin: missing the mark 55:15 Fear - the spirit of evil is negation of the life force by fear 58:50 Jim is a \"recovering nice person\"","meta_description":"James Hollis is a Jungian psychoanalyst and the author of many books, including \"A Life of Meaning,\" which is the primary subject of our conversation. ---…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3679,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/keep-talking-1331245/episodes/episode-146-james-hollis-how-to-be-who-you-are/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-146-james-hollis-how-to-be-who-you-are.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}