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Voices in the Dark
by Jon & Dre
Powerful conversations and interviews about real life psychology, philosophy, psychedelics, spirituality, social dynamics and much more.Our mission is to entertain, provoke, inform, and make you question everything you think you know.Have you ever been on the wrong end of “office politics”?Or lost out to less talented people who are better at “playing the game”?Join us as we our explore Robert Greene’s provocative and compelling study of the 48 Laws of Power, in which he lays bare the psychological principles that ultimately shape all human relations.Often seen as a handbook for the ‘modern Machiavelli’, we take a closer look at how understanding and implementing these Laws can actually enrich your life personally, professionally and spiritually.
Episodes
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The 7 Primes of Life
We live in a culture that prizes youth and tells us that, once our wild 20s are over, we're basically on the slow train to decay and death. But modern science tells us otherwise, as we set out to explore in this episode. Given the cultural narrative of decline and fall, do we even have a sense of...
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(Economic) Apocalypse Now – Are We Weeks Away From Global Financial Meltdown?
Jon's been getting disturbing dispatches from Andrea. Is the economy about to crash like never before? Was 2008's Big Short just a dress rehearsal for an incoming apocalypse that will shred the stock market and rewrite the future of society? More importantly, should we all be investing in…
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Righteous Anger – A New Beginning?
Andrea returns for a live, YouTube-streamed episode as we finally get back in the recording saddle! And we're back with anger. Or at least, a certain kind of anger: the channelled variety which Andrea says is essential to making a true connection with and impact on the outside world. We've…
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Solo Cast & The Conspiracy on Pushkin Street
This episode is an experiment. Jon turns on the mic for a solo cast – to reflect on what life in the pandemic means and the challenges of finding meaning and direction in a world where it feels impossible to plan for the future. We've also go an update for you on the state of the podcast, and…
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Are You Conscious? Westworld, Neuroscience, And Living In The Virtual – With Special Guest Michael Garfield
Here's a hidden treasure from the VITD archives for you – our interview with the brilliant and fascinating Michael Garfield! Michael's the host of the Future Fossils podcast, an artist, musician, and a 'sense-maker' of what it means to be having this strange human experience. We spoke to Michael...
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The Laws of Human Nature 12: Poison Envy
Envy is an inescapable part of the human experience. But nobody likes to feel – let alone admit to – envy. Instead, whenever we feel the stirrings of the green serpent, we rapidly turn the feeling outwards, projecting that gut churning insecurity onto the object of our desire. So, we're not…
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The Laws of Human Nature 11: Discovering the Shadow
Maybe you've heard of the shadow? Even if you haven't, you've got one – and there's no escaping it. This episode, we discuss how to discover it, accept it, and stop being driven by negative emotions you don't consciously understand. Carl Jung's idea of the shadow side of the personality is...
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The Laws of Human Nature 10: The Attitude Adjustment
Time to escape the mind prison. This episode is like a shot of distilled Stoicism... are you ready? Tapping into our true nature and living a good life often comes down to breaking the cycle – to escape the common fate of becoming just an echo of an echo of all the mistakes that came before you…
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The Laws of Human Nature 9: Five Strategies To Become a Master Persuader
This is our second episode exploring The Law of Defensiveness, but this time we're breaking it down into some clear steps on how to hone our ability to interact and work with other people! Robert has five key strategies, some of which we dig, some of which we think need some careful reflection...
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The Laws of Human Nature 8: Three Core Beliefs And How To Disarm Them
This could be the most important Law of all: The Law of Defensiveness. At our emotional core, we're all desperately grasping onto three basic ideas – the sense that we're independent; that we are intelligent in our own way; and that we are, overall, a good and decent person. It doesn't matter…
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Corona Chronicles, Black Lives Matter and Poetry
It feels like we're living through a tipping point in world history. The year 2020 began with the Pope slapping a woman and the Australian wildfires (remember them?). That seemed dramatic at the time, but since then we've found ourselves in the midst of a pandemic, followed by mass protests that...
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The Laws of Human Nature 7: Why Do You Want To Get Rich Quick?
Why do people get caught up in wild and implausible conspiracy theories, get-rich-quick scams and other tantalising pyramid schemes? As we learn in this episode, even brainboxes like Isaac Newton can't seem to resist the excitement that so easily overcomes our better judgement when we think we…
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Corona Chronicles: Conspiracies, Censorship and Life under Lockdown
It's Week 4 of Lockdown in the UK and we've got the band back together. Well, the duo. Andrea and Jon are back in the virtual studio to make some sense of a world awash with fear, confusion, conspiracy theories and lots of very bad science. What does the coronavirus mean politically, socially and...
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Coronavirus Cast – Laughing in the Dark
We're living through some damn strange times. We wanted to release something to stay connected with you and to share some thoughts on the current Coronavirus crisis and its effects. Jon shares an article he's written about the vital role of humour in helping us to cope with and make sense of...
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The Laws of Human Nature 6: Why Are You Always Dissatisfied?
In this episode, Robert Greene forces us to confront our inherently covetousness nature: we always want what we don't have. And yet, if we do get those things, we rapidly fall out of love with them. Why does possessing something make our enjoyment of it fade? Why is the grass always greener on…
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What Happened To Culture?
This episode we get together to discuss a variety of topics, ultimately centring around the seeming decline of popular culture into endless sequels and entertainment-by-algorithm. Where did it all go wrong, and why are so many of us still comfort-eating the shit out of it? In the wake of the…
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That Time of Year...
After an unintentional hiatus, Jon and Andrea return for their seasonal year in review, where they reflect on what they've learnt, how their goals and values have changed, and what the goddamn hell might be next... This time we didn't quite manage to record in the bar of a 5-star hotel as we have...
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The Laws of Human Nature 5: Uncovering People's True Character
In this episode, we explore what 'true character' means and how to identify, deal with and master the major personality types we encounter in the world. Apologies for the short notes – big changes are afoot at Voices in the Dark, which we'll be sharing with you soon! Be Silly. Be Kind. Be Weird.
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What Makes A 'Perfect Gentleman'? – Zach Falconer-Barfield Interview
The idea of the 'gentleman' increasingly seems a thing of the past – a costume drama caricature, or an old fashioned toff whose connection to the present day is, at best, a pending #MeToo revelation. Jon certainly held those prejudices until he was introduced to the work of Zach…
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The Laws of Human Nature 4: Mastering Non-Verbal Communication
In a vast modern world, where we're constantly encountering strangers and trying to work out where they're coming from and how we can operate and cooperate together, we're living quintessentially unnatural lives compared to the tight-knit communities in which we evolved. It's as though we're…
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When Jon Became Part Of A Police Investigation
What would you do if the police called, informed you that you're a victim, and that they want you to give evidence about a sexual assault you've already tried to put behind you? That's the bizarre and challenging situation Jon found himself in recently, and in this episode we talk about the...
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The Laws of Human Nature 3: How To Identify & Deal With Narcissists (2/2)
Last time we unveiled the disturbing psychology of narcissism; in this episode we explore some vivid historical examples and what we can all learn from them. From Joseph Stalin to attention-crazed nuns, the inner world of the narcissist is brought to life in alarming technicolour. But that's just...
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The Laws of Human Nature 3: How To Identify & Deal With Narcissists (1/2)
Narcissists aren't what you think they are. We throw the word around so liberally these days that it's almost been drained of real meaning. But narcissists are real. Narcissists are dangerous. We need to know how to spot them before we become enmeshed in their web of psychological warfare. First…
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Closing Loops, Having Boundaries, And Giving Your One Last Talk
Jon's back from Indonesia and is experiencing reverse culture shock as he returns 'home' to London. From that unstable vantage point, in this catch-up episode we talk about getting things done, why closing 'loops' in your day-to-day life is essential for your mental and emotional health, and how…
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The Laws of Human Nature 2: Confronting Irrationality
Do you find yourself repeating the same negative patterns in life? Finding yourself in the same argument with your partner, friends or colleagues? Or maybe reacting to stress with the same emotionally destructive fire, which you always end up bitterly regretting afterwards? To understand how we...
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We Know Who We Are
Time for a catch-up episode in which Andrea recounts what happened during the first psychedelic trip he's taken in quite some time, how the Disney film Moanamight be the most important thing we've ever seen, and why immigrants are often the best people you'll ever meet. Jon dispels the myths...
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The Laws of Human Nature 1: Start To See The Matrix
Welcome to the beginning of our new in-depth series on the work of Robert Greene, one of the most important and successful authors to explore what makes us human... and how we can all learn to do it better. Andrea describes Robert's new book, The Laws of Human Nature, as 'the distillation of how…
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Think & Grow Rich: The End of Self Help?
Jon's back in London because, in strange symmetry, his grandfather died shortly after Andrea's. So, we decided to make a mixed episode in which we finish off Think & Grow Richand add some further reflections on what life is in the face of death and how we become who we are, with or without the…
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Grief, Death, Censorship, And #MeThree
This episode is a long overdue catch-up. We cover a lot of ground across the worlds of culture, censorship, sex and psychology. But it's also about grief. Andrea's grandfather died recently and he opens up about the experience of losing someone for the first time with whom he was truly close....
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Think & Grow Rich #10: Turning Sex Into Success!
We're filled with sexual energy, and it's down to us to harness this force and use it to transform our creative and business efforts into 'genius'-level achievements! At least, that's what Napoleon Hill tells us... but it becomes increasingly clear over the course of the chapter that he may have...
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Consent, Confusion and Toxic Narcissism: Sex & Relationships Series
What would you do if your physiotherapist's hands started wandering? Would you even know howto say 'stop'? Could you be sure something sexual was actually taking place before it was too late? And what if it wassexual and you wished it hadn't happened afterwards? This happened to Jon not so long...
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Think & Grow Rich #9: Overcoming Indecision & Procrastination
This week's foray into the world of Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich is all about the subtle art of making decisions. Procrastination is the destroyer of so many dreams, but how can we successfully combat it? What makes a 'good decision', anyway, and how can we prime ourselves to make them on...
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New Year in Chiang Mai and Chiswick
It's 2019 and that means it's time for our annual catch-up and reflection episode as we contemplate how the year's gone, what we achieved, what we didn't, and where we see the podcast (and our lives) going in the future! This is the first episode we've recorded since Jon moved to Thailand, so...
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Think & Grow Rich #8: The 30 Major Causes Of Failure
When it comes to self-help, everyone loves a good old fashioned list, and Napoleon Hill, as the man who practically invented the genre, has got plenty of them. But this list is particularly important. Here he delves into the most common causes of failure in life – the things which cheat us of our...
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VITD's Poorly-Named 'Bro Talk'
The second instalment of our still-not-quite-entitled catch-up series in which Jon and Andrea discuss everything that's been hitting their radars over the past week. This week, we trash gender studies, take a deep dive into what makes movies great, and Andrea tries to explain how he ended up at a...
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Think & Grow Rich #7 – Influence, Power And What Makes A Real Leader
What makes a good leader? What makes a bad one? We certainly know the difference when we have to work for them, but do we really know what it takes to cultivate and sustain respect? In this episode of our series dissecting Napoleon Hill's perennial classic, Think and Grow Rich, we delve into the...
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VITD SPECIAL: Social Pressure & Social Conformity
With Jon moving to Thailand in the next few weeks, we've decided to start a new regular series where we catch up, share our experiences and dig deep into the cool and weird ideas and situations we've been encountering. You, dear listeners, have repeatedly asked us to share more of what we get up…
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Think & Grow Rich Special Episode – What Happened When JJ Bitters Put ALL of Napoleon Hill's Advice Into Action?
We've been talking about Napoleon Hill's wildly popular self-help book, Think and Grow Rich, for the past few weeks, but whatever we make of the text itself, the question remains: Does this stuff actually work? So this week we've got a treat for you – our guest, the brilliant poet and writer JJ...
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Think & Grow Rich #6 – The Charisma Code
This week we explore Napoleon Hill's theories about using the power of the imagination in order to Think and Grow Rich. Without an active, well-oiled imagination, we don't dream big, we don't make plans, and therefore we never take action. But, this being Napoleon Hill, he takes things to the…
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Think & Grow Rich #5 – Should You Specialise, Or Start A MasterMind Group?
This week we tackle two chapters from Napoleon Hill's perennial bestseller, Think and Grow Rich, which focus on the importance of (you guessed it) auto-suggestion, but also on the importance of the right kind of knowledge. We need knowledge to achieve anything, but Napoleon insists that we don't...
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Think & Grow Rich #4 – The Confidence Code (You Gotta Have Faith?)
Napoleon Hill, author of the mega-seller Think and Grow Rich, believes that the single biggest thing holding you back in life is a lack of self-confidence. Thankfully, he's provided us with the tools to overcome the problem... Or has he? In this episode, we try to understand what Hill means by...
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Think & Grow Rich #3 – How To Programme Yourself With Auto-Suggestion (And Should You?)
To keep the podcast going, we need your support! Please consider making a pledge on Patreon to help us meet our target to ensure we can continue delivering high quality conversations about Learning How To Human – thank you! Napoleon Hill, legendary author of Think and Grow Rich, thinks that all...
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Think And Grow Rich #2 – Do Affirmations Really Work?
In Part 2 of Think and Grow Rich, we find Napoleon Hill riding the knife-edge between profound insight and total lunacy. He tells us that, in order to achieve anything, we need a burning Desire, clearly worked out, and then repeated to ourselves every morning when we get up, and every evening...
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Think And Grow Rich #1 – Become The Master Of Your Fate
Time for something new here at Voices in the Dark. By popular demand, we're going to dissect the original self-help classic, Think and Grow Richby Napoleon Hill. This baby has sold over 100 million copies and shows no sign of slowing down. More importantly, it's the backbone of allself-help and...
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The State Of The Podcast: What Next?
This is a special episode of the podcast where we take stock, see where we're at, and think about where we're going to take the show next. We've both been hitting some hard times, personally and professionally, so making the show has been a challenge. In this episode, we open up about some of the...
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How To Use Psychedelics Safely – With Psychedelics Today Host Kyle Buller
As psychedelics increasingly hit the mainstream, we need to educate ourselves about their risks as well as their incredible potential for healing and growth. While the headlines keep on coming about psychedelics boosting creativity and 'curing' depression, there's far less accessible information...
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OCD & Me: Lucy Danser Interview
These days, everyone's claiming to be 'a little bit OCD', but the popularisation of the term has been at the cost of understanding the condition. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a spectrum which isn't simply about having fanatical cleaning habits and lining up your bathroom paraphernalia in...
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I Joke, Therefore I Am: Repression, Resistance, And The Psychology of Humour
After ten years of blood, sweat and tears, Jon's book has finally emerged into the world! It hit the Amazon Bestseller lists on launch day and has been receiving excellent reviews. This week, we put Jon in the hot seat to talk about it. In the shadow of the Gulag, Soviet citizens were still...
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You Are Not Your Ego: Personal Growth & Integration
For all the tales coursing through the veins of the internet about life-changing experiences brought on by a cup of Ayahuasca or a drop of LSD, something absolutely crucial is getting lost. The hardest part, in fact: Integration. Coming back from the jungle or back from some astral realm doesn't...
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How Do Open Relationships Work? [Sex & Relationships Series]
Open relationships. We've all heard about them. But how do they work? Would one be right for you? And how can you even broach the subject with your partner? And then, if you get into one, do you need to set rules? Can they change? Do you need to ask for permission beforehand, or take video…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Powerful conversations and interviews about real life psychology, philosophy, psychedelics, spirituality, social dynamics and much more.Our mission is to entertain, provoke, inform, and make you question everything you think you know.Have you ever been on the wrong end of “office politics”?Or lost out to less talented people who are better at “playing the game”?Join us as we our explore Robert Greene’s provocative and compelling study of the 48 Laws of Power, in which he lays bare the psychological principles that ultimately shape all human relations.Often seen as a handbook for the ‘modern Machiavelli’, we take a closer look at how understanding and implementing these Laws can actually enrich your life personally, professionally and spiritually.
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