Robert Greene's podcast appearances: which to watch and why

If you watch one

The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (March 23, 2023). Steven Bartlett walks through Greene's books in order, from The 48 Laws of Power to The Art of Seduction to Mastery, and Greene answers with stories and specifics: what power really is, why vulnerability attracts and insecurity repels, which first job to take. Its last half hour turns to a candid account of his stroke and how he copes. No other episode here walks through his books one by one.

Or start with

• New to his ideas and short on time: The Jefferson Fisher Podcast (December 9, 2025). In 44 min he covers what power is, strategic communication and spotting manipulators, plus a short preview of The Law of the Sublime.
• Stuck on your direction: My First Million (August 28, 2025). He lays out a week of handwritten journaling for finding your life's task, from lists of what you love and hate to digging into your childhood (10:16 to 21:24, 11 min; watch).
• Curious about his newest book: Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (November 2, 2026). A walk through The Law of the Sublime, with exercises you can try, such as Gurdjieff's Self-Remembering (18:11 to 29:56, 12 min; watch).

The Robert Greene crash course

Eight stretches from eight episodes: power first, then other people, then your own path, then the later Greene.

1. What power is, 0:50 to 8:01, 7 min (watch) of The Jefferson Fisher Podcast (December 9, 2025): power as control that starts with your own emotions, and why announcing what you want is weak communication.

2. Absence and desire, 34:41 to 43:46, 9 min (watch) of Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson (October 11, 2021): why stepping back makes people think about you, and how desire spreads by imitation.

3. Narcissism and listening, 9:29 to 21:29, 12 min (watch) of Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson (June 6, 2019): his scale of narcissism from 0 to 100, the dead-eyes warning sign, and why we don't really listen.

4. Envy, 46:54 to 54:01, 7 min (watch) of The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (February 27, 2025): why a brain that learns by comparing makes envy universal, and two ways to put it to use.

5. Finding your life's task, 8:26 to 18:00, 10 min (watch) of Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (December 4, 2023): how childhood pulls point to your calling, what drowns them out, and why emotional engagement speeds learning.

6. Using pressure, 1:06:48 to 1:17:09, 10 min (watch) of Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson (September 16, 2024): why he thinks boredom is more dangerous than stress, and Edison's public promise to light New York.

7. What the stroke did to his mind, 1:23:54 to 1:29:35, 6 min (watch) of Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (November 2, 2026): the crying, ecstasy and new empathy after his stroke, and why he chose to treat it as a blessing.

8. Why adults lose wonder, 4:48 to 14:21, 10 min (watch) of Lewis Howes's show (November 2, 2026): the core of his newest book, how a child's attention goes to the world and an adult's to the self.

Total: about 71 minutes.

Greene on ...

Robert Greene on power

Greene treats power as a neutral tool and a universal need, a sense of control over yourself and your circumstances. As he puts it on The Jefferson Fisher Podcast (December 9, 2025): “power is a tool. It's totally neutral. Like a hammer, you can use it to build a house or you could clobber someone over the head and kill them with it.” (1:10). Feeling powerless, he argues, corrupts more than power does, and most of The 48 Laws of Power, he says on Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (December 4, 2023), is defense, against the sharks and against classic mistakes like outshining the master (51:01). He goes deepest on The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (March 23, 2023) (11:50 to 22:23), where he says he wouldn't write the book now but stands by it (11:38).

Robert Greene on seduction and love

Greene calls seduction a high form of power, because giving people pleasure lowers their resistance where orders breed resentment, and he insists The Art of Seduction is psychology, not a pickup-artist manual. The great seducer is absorbed in the other person, and vulnerability attracts where insecurity repels. He goes deepest on The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (March 23, 2023) (42:14 to 1:02:54).

The Law of the Sublime has a chapter on love, which he treats as a separate subject, not a change of mind. On Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (December 4, 2023), before the book came out, he called that chapter something like the antithesis of The Art of Seduction (1:14:01). On Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (November 2, 2026) he says that when people ask whether he has changed, his answer is no: love is simply a different subject from seduction (1:37:14), one that asks you to drop your defenses: “You're letting go of your defenses, and you're being vulnerable like an animal that's exposing its belly, and that's a frightening experience.” (1:39:30).

Robert Greene on finding your life's task

Greene's method starts in childhood: the strong pulls you felt as a small child (he borrows Maslow's term, impulse voices) point to your life's task until parents, teachers and social media drown them out. Dig them up like an archaeologist, list what you love and what you hate, read frustration as a sign of a wrong path, and chase skills over money. On The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (February 27, 2025) he says: “Skills are the gold of the 21st century, and if you're seduced by money, if you think about money, you're doomed” (21:19). He goes deepest on Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (December 4, 2023) (8:47 to 31:48) and gives the same method on Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (November 2, 2026) (1:16:34 to 1:23:31, 7 min; watch).

Robert Greene on narcissism, envy and reading people

On Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson (June 6, 2019), Greene says everyone sits somewhere on a scale of narcissism, rising toward empathy when secure and sinking into self-absorption when not; deep narcissists never built self-love as children, and their tell is dead eyes (9:45 to 18:07). He includes himself: “I had to realize I'm not as great a person as I thought I was. I'm actually more of a narcissist than I imagined.” (55:41). On The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (February 27, 2025) he calls envy the trait nobody admits, and suggests turning it into emulation or into what Nietzsche called mitfreude, joy at other people's success (46:54 to 54:01). On Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (December 4, 2023) he says that in reading people, the voice is, as actors will tell you, about the hardest thing to fake (2:17:43 to 2:32:19, 15 min; watch).

Robert Greene on masculinity

Greene argues that young men are told their competitive drive is bad, when the answer is to discipline and channel it, as he channels his own aggression into his books. His model is quiet inner strength: self-control and treating women well, while boasting about money and women signals insecurity. He makes the case on Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson (September 16, 2024) (1:52:57 to 2:00:26), where he says: “You can respect women, and respecting them is a sign of your strength, it's a sign of being secure in your masculinity.” (1:54:50).

Robert Greene on AI

Greene's view is that AI changes the tools, not human nature. Asked about AI and jobs on The Calum Johnson Show (June 29, 2026) (42:03 to 53:24), he tells workers to become irreplaceable, and says: “So the technology alters the game, no doubt. But the game is still the game of power.” (47:31). On Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson (October 12, 2026) he expects AI to go the way of the internet, from promise to abuse: “AI might be different, but human nature doesn't change, and it, it, they're gonna pervert this.” (1:23:59). On Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (November 2, 2026) he calls it a programmed machine, not a conscious one (28:49).

His worry about what it does to thinking hasn't changed. He goes deepest into it on Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (December 4, 2023) (2:32:38 to 2:44:22), warning that ChatGPT lets you skip the struggle that builds thinking. On Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson (October 12, 2026) he says he uses ChatGPT sometimes to look things up, but wants you to be aware of how it deadens you (2:10:02).

Robert Greene on his stroke

Greene's fullest account of his stroke is on Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (December 4, 2023) (2:45:35 to 3:06:39, 21 min; watch). On August 17, 2018, he was driving when his wife told him to pull over; a blood clot was cutting off blood to his brain, and she called 911 (2:46:55). In his account it followed a perfect storm of exhaustion, blood pressure medication left at home, a wasp sting and prednisone. It left him unable to type and walking with difficulty; he says it taught him patience and to savor small things. On Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (November 2, 2026) he says he chose to see it as a blessing: “if I see it as a curse, I become a bitter person and I just shrivel up. But if I see it as a blessing, it's a much different experience” (1:27:08).

Robert Greene on the sublime

For Greene, the sublime is any experience that takes you past the limits your culture and your brain set on what you notice. On Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson (September 16, 2024) he calls it a mix of opposites: “the sublime is an unusual thing because it's a combination of pain and pleasure, of awe and terror” (2:03:18). Children live close to it because their brains filter less; adults lose it to ego and screens, then chase a false sublime of drugs, porn and Marvel movies. The Law of the Sublime offers exercises for finding it in daily life. He goes deepest on Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson (October 12, 2026) (1:54 to 31:59); the book first comes up here on Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson (October 11, 2021), while he was writing it (58:32).

Lately

The three most recent episodes here, from October 12, 2026 and November 2, 2026, are launch conversations for The Law of the Sublime, and power and seduction tactics barely come up. Earlier episodes previewed the book; these walk through it. On Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (November 2, 2026) he notes that, unlike in his other books, every chapter ends with exercises (7:05). The biggest new ground is religion and myth. On Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson (October 12, 2026) he says he has always felt pagan (1:28:16). On Lewis Howes's show (November 2, 2026) he describes the Greek gods as forces of nature (1:03:39) and says that even if there is a God, it can only be experienced, not known (1:00:24); he also retells a near-death case and wonders whether consciousness exists outside the brain, while declining to say such experiences prove an afterlife (50:40). Looking ahead, on Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (November 2, 2026) he says he is toying with two ideas for his next book (2:11:14): fiction about the tech world, or this: “it's gonna be a shorter book, and it's gonna be about negative space, about seeing what's not there as opposed to what's there, what's missing in the picture” (2:13:14).

Every episode

I Wrote This NEW Book to Change How You Live Your Life in 2027 | Robert Greene

Lewis Howes · November 2, 2026 · 80 min · Greene speaks 76% of the words

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A reverent launch interview in which Lewis Howes asks broad, often spiritual questions.

You'll learn:

• How attention flips with age: 90% on the world in childhood, 98% on the self in adults (8:46).
• Why drugs, video games and online porn are a false sublime (45:27).
• What the stroke taught him about ego in his marriage: “The ego isn't important. What's important is giving to the other person.” (29:29).

Best for: Anyone who feels adult life has gone flat, or wants Greene on God, near-death experiences and what the stroke taught him about his marriage.

Access the Sublime & Live Your Best Life | Robert Greene

Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman · November 2, 2026 · 138 min · Greene speaks 62% of the words

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An unhurried talk in which Andrew Huberman, a devoted reader of Mastery, asks long neuroscience-based questions.

You'll learn:

• Consciousness as a circle with doorways out of it (4:25).
• Gurdjieff's Self-Remembering exercise: “So he has this exercise where you look at things deeply and just focus on them.” (20:26).
• His two ideas for what comes next: a shorter book that makes visible the invisible forces we live among, and possibly fiction about the tech world (2:11:14).

Best for: Readers who want the sublime book's exercises, such as Self-Remembering and time as a river, and how the stroke changed his mind and his writing.

“This Is The Most Important Subject I’ve Ever Covered” - Robert Greene

Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson · October 12, 2026 · 141 min · Greene speaks 67% of the words

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A long, loose, often profane launch conversation built on open philosophical questions.

You'll learn:

• How to tell your daemon's voice from the culture's: he says it's angry and rebellious, with a childlike impudence (50:32).
• Why, in his view, endless talk therapy can lock you inside your ego (28:54).
• His exercise for rehearsing your own death (2:02:20).

Best for: Anyone who wants the sublime book's ideas about the daemon and the Greek gods, told through long stories, or who is weighing a safe career against a calling.

Robert Greene: How To Get Rich, Master Power & Stay Irreplaceable In The New Era Of AI (The Truth!)

The Calum Johnson Show · June 29, 2026 · 106 min · Greene speaks 78% of the words

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An earnest sit-down in which Calum Johnson frames his questions around a listener who feels powerless.

You'll learn:

• How to survive a narcissistic boss without reacting inwardly (30:09).
• Why creating dependence matters most now: “You've made it so that you cannot be fired or replaced. That is the ultimate position of power.” (43:33).
• What 50 Cent's handling of a leaked single says about social media (56:21).

Best for: Anyone anxious about AI and their job, or stuck under a manipulative boss. The title mentions getting rich, but the talk is about power, work and AI, not money.

Robert Greene: Why Nice People Lose Power & How To Fix It

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast · December 9, 2025 · 44 min · Greene speaks 70% of the words

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A brisk interview on a show about communication: a few broad questions and long answers.

You'll learn:

• Why strategic communication means saying less (7:11).
• His estimate that perhaps 3 to 5 percent of people are truly nasty players (20:33).
• What he calls probably the most important thing he can tell anyone: learn from what goes wrong instead of blaming others (33:13).

Best for: Newcomers who want a short primer on power, plus a preview of the new book.

Master Your Mind & Watch What Happens - Robert Greene

My First Million · August 28, 2025 · 82 min · Greene speaks 67% of the words

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An interview in which Sam Parr and Shaan Puri read his lines back and push for step-by-step uses.

You'll learn:

• Why knowing what you hate shows you what you love (13:54).
• Why timidity is a habit: “Children are born bold. You become timid. It becomes a habit.” (34:59).
• The daily practice he recommends: imagine the lives of the people around you, from a barista to the officer writing you a parking ticket (1:02:18).

Best for: Business-minded and early-career listeners who want his ideas made practical.

Uncomfortable Truth About Life We Learn Too Late - Stop Feeling Empty & Find Purpose | Robert Greene

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee · May 2, 2025 · 89 min · Greene speaks 74% of the words

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A gentle, therapeutic interview with a doctor who reads The Laws of Human Nature back to Greene; likely recorded well before release, since Greene says his 2018 stroke was four years earlier (33:29).

You'll learn:

• Self-esteem as an inner thermostat (6:52).
• What 45 minutes of daily Zen meditation gives him (52:12).
• His death ground strategy for forcing yourself to change: “When you feel your back is against the wall, when everything is against you, that it's either get out of this or you're gonna die, you call up all of your energy” (1:23:53).

Best for: Readers who want The Laws of Human Nature as everyday self-help, and his most detailed talk on meditation.

We Are Making Dangerous, Lonely & Broken Men! - Manipulation Expert, Robert Greene! 48 Laws Of Power

The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett · February 27, 2025 · 162 min · Greene speaks 76% of the words

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A long conversation in which Greene is candid and opinionated about careers, envy, politics and his stroke.

You'll learn:

• Why envy misleads you: “The people you envy are not doing nearly as well as you think, so don't let that influence your decisions in life.” (36:52).
• How to learn from a mistake by inflating your share of the blame (1:43:16).
• Why being alone is not the same as being lonely (1:01:52).

Best for: Young people unsure of their direction, and anyone dealing with envy or loneliness. His political views at the time are at 1:49:19 to 2:08:20, 19 min (watch).

The Path To Power: Ambition, Status, Strength & Respect - Robert Greene (4K)

Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson · September 16, 2024 · 126 min · Greene speaks 65% of the words

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A jokey return visit in which Chris Williamson reads Greene's lines and tweets aloud for him to riff on.

You'll learn:

• Why being irreplaceable is your only defense at work (45:26).
• Why, in his view, boredom is worse than stress, though he grants you can work too hard: “No, being bored will kill you. Not having anything to do will kill you. It's much more dangerous than stress.” (1:09:16).
• How to time absence and presence, a lesson he takes from Napoleon (1:35:14).

Best for: Listeners who want a wide tour of his core advice through his own backstory, rather than one subject in depth.

The Manipulation Expert: You're Being Manipulated! Use Jealousy To Manipulate People! Robert Greene

The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett · March 18, 2024 · 121 min · Greene speaks 81% of the words

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A long sit-down in which Steven Bartlett reads lines from Greene's books and ties them to his own life; despite the title, Greene does not advise manipulating people with jealousy, and only says envy can be put to use in publicity and marketing (42:23).

You'll learn:

• How the shadow forms in childhood (12:26).
• One sign of a frenemy, he says: they rush the friendship (1:03:10).
• Why he puts strategy first: “To not be strategic is to be stupid.” (1:43:38).

Best for: Readers who want a tour of The Laws of Human Nature, anyone stuck in their career, and his reflections on mortality.

A Process for Finding & Achieving Your Unique Purpose | Robert Greene

Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman · December 4, 2023 · 191 min · Greene speaks 60% of the words

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A three-hour conversation in which Andrew Huberman asks broad, open questions and adds long neuroscience asides and personal stories, and Greene answers at length.

You'll learn:

• Why emotional engagement speeds learning (15:45).
• What he looks for in a partner: “I could never go out with a woman who didn't love animals.” (2:00:08).
• His three-part definition of intelligence, which he uses to judge AI (2:32:38).

Best for: Anyone searching for their life's task, choosing a partner or learning to read people, and readers who want his fullest account of the stroke.

Robert Greene: How To Seduce Anyone, Build Confidence & Become Powerful | E232

The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett · March 23, 2023 · 115 min · Greene speaks 78% of the words

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An unhurried conversation in which Steven Bartlett walks through the books in order, asking for practical advice.

You'll learn:

• Why passion is the wrong frame for mastery: “It's tedious, man. If you think it's gotta be passion, forget it, you're never gonna get far.” (1:16:09).
• Why the voice gives away nerves that even great actors can't hide (1:06:39).
• His rule for a first job: take the one where you'll learn most, even at a third of the pay (1:21:38).

Best for: Newcomers, and young people after advice on dating, confidence and a first job.

12 Laws Of Power For Life - Robert Greene | Modern Wisdom Podcast 383

Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson · October 11, 2021 · 66 min · Greene speaks 75% of the words

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A brisk book tour for The Daily Laws: Chris Williamson reads a dozen entries and Greene riffs on each.

You'll learn:

• Why taking criticism is, he says, the number one sign of strong character in a hire or a partner (30:07).
• How to turn the dead time of a job you hate into alive time (43:58).
• Why wonder beats cynicism: “So cynicism is not intelligence. In fact, I think it's kind of a closed mind.” (28:23).

Best for: Listeners short on time who want a sampler of his laws, plus early ideas behind the sublime book.

ROBERT GREENE | The Laws of Human Nature

Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson · June 6, 2019 · 67 min · Greene speaks 72% of the words

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A warm, fan-driven interview in which Chris Williamson walks through his favorite chapters of The Laws of Human Nature.

You'll learn:

• How to change someone's habit without preaching (5:35).
• The secret to listening: “They're weirder than you imagine. People are weird. They have strange dreams just like you have strange dreams, right?” (19:52).
• The negative bias he says skewed his reading for The Laws of Human Nature, and how he pushed back on it (53:58).

Best for: Readers of The Laws of Human Nature who want a compact tour of it, with rare admissions about his own biases.

Stories he tells

• The day of his stroke. His wife told him to pull over and called 911. Fullest on Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (December 4, 2023) (2:46:11 to 3:00:58); also on The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (March 23, 2023), The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (March 18, 2024), The Jefferson Fisher Podcast, The Calum Johnson Show and Lewis Howes's show.
• The perfect storm behind it. Exhaustion, forgotten pills, a wasp sting, prednisone. Fullest on The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (March 23, 2023) (1:30:32 to 1:32:56); nearly word for word on The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (March 18, 2024) and The Calum Johnson Show.
• Writing the new book by hand. Notebooks, rewrites, then dictation. Fullest on The Calum Johnson Show (June 29, 2026) (1:28:56 to 1:33:08); also on Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (November 2, 2026), The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (February 27, 2025), The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (March 18, 2024), My First Million and The Jefferson Fisher Podcast.
• Meeting Joost Elffers in Italy. A book packager asked for an idea, and he improvised The 48 Laws of Power. Fullest on My First Million (August 28, 2025) (56:58 to 59:37); also on The Calum Johnson Show, The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (March 23, 2023), The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (February 27, 2025) and Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson (September 16, 2024).
• Others taking credit for his work in Hollywood. The experience behind the law on taking credit. Fullest on The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (February 27, 2025) (1:35:19 to 1:37:31); also on The Calum Johnson Show and Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson (October 11, 2021).
• 50 Cent and the leaked single. Instead of suing, 50 Cent made the leak a story about his own fury. Fullest on The Calum Johnson Show (June 29, 2026) (56:21 to 59:44); also on My First Million.
• Milton Erickson. Paralyzed by polio, he learned to read people by watching those around him. Fullest on Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee (May 2, 2025) (26:14 to 29:51); also on Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (December 4, 2023) and The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (March 23, 2023).
• The chimpanzees at the Sydney Zoo. Visitors giggling in embarrassment at animals so like themselves. Fullest on The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (February 27, 2025) (1:21:40 to 1:23:46); also on Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson (June 6, 2019).
• The American Apparel board. What he saw from his seat on the company's board. Fullest on The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (February 27, 2025) (27:55 to 30:17); also on The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (March 18, 2024), My First Million and Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson (October 11, 2021).
• The therapist who took a patient up Aconcagua. Talk went in circles; a mountain changed the man. Fullest on Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson (October 12, 2026) (28:54 to 31:13); nearly word for word on Lewis Howes's show.
• Dersu Uzala and the tiger. The Siberian hunter who read the forest and talked a tiger away. Fullest on Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson (October 12, 2026) (1:33:39 to 1:38:17); also on Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (November 2, 2026).

What others say about him

• Andrew Huberman, a guest on Modern Wisdom in 2022, called Greene a great mentor he had never met: “I believe that we are all born fundamentally with some gift, and it's our job to reveal that gift to ourselves. And, you know, here I'm r- I want to thoroughly acknowledge someone else who's been a great mentor without ever meeting him, is, uh, Robert Greene, I think is a f-, is a wonderful-” (Andrew Huberman, Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson, July 7, 2022, at 2:26:35)
• Evan LaPointe, a guest on Lenny's Podcast, recommends the whole library and calls Greene a little darker of an author: “And then, again, Robert Greene's whole library is super valuable, especially Human Nature, if you're into kind of that. He's a little darker of an author, certainly kind of doesn't pull punches about human nature.” (Evan LaPointe, Lenny's Podcast with Lenny Rachitsky, August 11, 2024, at 2:10:13)
• Patrick Bet-David, a guest on Modern Wisdom, on how often he listened to The 33 Strategies of War: “You and I have somebody we both respect a lot, Robert Greene. His books, you, I, I'm sure you love his books, I love his books. 33 Strategies of War, I couldn't put it down for two years straight. I listened to that book every day in my car straight every day.” (Patrick Bet-David, Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson, November 6, 2023, at 1:09)
• Rob Henderson, a guest on Modern Wisdom, on the laws contradicting each other, which he says Greene acknowledges: “you know, it's funny, those, those, the, the laws of power, a lot of them do contradict each other, and Greene openly, I've, I've seen him. He acknowledges this, but-” (Rob Henderson, Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson, November 30, 2023, at 15:16)

Questions people ask

Which Robert Greene podcast should I watch first? Start with The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (March 23, 2023), which walks through The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction and Mastery one by one. With less time, try The Jefferson Fisher Podcast (December 9, 2025), a primer on power that runs 44 min.

Where does Robert Greene talk about his stroke? He mentions it in every episode here from March 23, 2023 on, though only in passing on Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson (September 16, 2024). His fullest account is 2:45:35 to 3:06:39, 21 min (watch) of Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (December 4, 2023); 1:27:35 to 1:43:06, 16 min (watch) of The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett (March 23, 2023) covers how he copes.

What does Robert Greene say about AI? That it changes the game without changing human nature. On The Calum Johnson Show (June 29, 2026) he tells workers to make themselves irreplaceable and lean into what AI can't do, such as empathy and creativity (41:09 to 53:24, 12 min; watch); on Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (December 4, 2023) he warns that leaning on ChatGPT skips the struggle that builds thinking (2:32:19 to 2:44:22, 12 min; watch).

What is The Law of the Sublime about? His eighth book, he says on Huberman Lab with Andrew Huberman (November 2, 2026), is about how you experience being alive and how you open yourself up to the strangeness of the world; he sets out the premise at 3:51 to 13:10, 9 min (watch). On The Jefferson Fisher Podcast (December 9, 2025) he runs through its subjects: childhood, the brain and consciousness, other animals, love, and history and our ancestors (39:27).

How does Robert Greene say to handle a narcissistic boss? First ask whether the job is worth the daily damage; if you stay, keep telling yourself it is not personal and don't react inwardly. His full playbook is 19:59 to 36:16, 16 min (watch) of The Calum Johnson Show (June 29, 2026).

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