Robert McKee is a modern Aristotle of story and master of the form who wrote the definitive book on the subject, called, of course, STORY. Robert is a Fulbright scholar and the author of five books on storytelling, including Dialogue, Character, Action, and Storynomics, but he is best known as the most sought-after screenwriting teacher in the world. His stu ... Show More
Apr 13
Everything Is A Story: Journalist Nick Bilton Thinks AI Might End Humanity & How Stories Could Save Us
Nick Bilton is a Special Correspondent for Vanity Fair, a New York Times bestselling author, and screenwriter. This conversation explores the power of story — how tech titans like Jobs, Dorsey, and Musk wield narrative as a weapon, and why AI may be the first technology capable o ... Show More
1h 55m
Apr 6
The King of Moab: Ultrarunner Max Jolliffe On Winning Moab 240, Recovery From Heroin Addiction & Why Suffering Is His Greatest Teacher
Max Jolliffe is the Moab 240 course record holder, elite ultrarunner, and one of endurance sport's more unlikely origin stories. This conversation explores Max's multi-generational family history with addiction, the opioid crisis, his decade-long battle with heroin, the moment in ... Show More
1h 40m
Oct 2022
Robert Mckee on the Power of Storytelling
<p>Ryan talks to Robert Mckee about his new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Action-Excitement-Screen-Page-Game/dp/1538726912" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Action: The Art of Excitement for Screen, Page, and Game</a>, the importance of showing not telling, how to ... Show More
1h 8m
Nov 2019
74 | Stephen Greenblatt on Stories, History, and Cultural Poetics
An infinite number of things happen; we bring structure and meaning to the world by making art and telling stories about it. Every work of literature created by human beings comes out of an historical and cultural context, and drawing connections between art and its context can b ... Show More
1h 6m
Jun 2020
Brian Greene, "Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe" (Random House, 2020)
Brian Greene is a Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Columbia University in the City of New York, where he is the Director of the Institute for Strings, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics, and co-founder and chair of the World Science Festival. He is well known for his TV ... Show More
2 h
Jan 2021
The 6 Jars Technique For Managing Money Like A Pro - Robert Riopel
Have you ever noticed that someone can have the same or less knowledge and experience as you, yet still make more money? Why is this? The difference is...that they’ve sold themselves as ‘the authority’. Best selling author, Robert Raymond Riopel, is about to give you the keys to ... Show More
56m 1s
Sep 2021
The Man Who Almost Didn't Become a Writer | Stephen King Biography
<p><strong>Stephen Edwin King’s books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books.</strong></p>
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17m 7s
<div dir="auto"> <div dir="auto"> <p class="p1">In this terrific episode, we talk with Professors Jason W. Moore and Raj Patel about their fabulous work <a href= "https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520299931/a-history-of-the-world-in-seven-cheap-things"> A History of the World in ... Show More
<p>In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, one of my favorite authors is back on the show.</p><p>Robert Greene has written five <em>New York Times</em> bestsellers. One in particular, <em>The 48 Laws of Power</em>, changed the course of my professional life ... Show More