Robert Falkenberg Author Podcast

Hope and time are inseparable. We divide ourselves into nations based on cultures and lines drawn on maps. But humans as a collective all cling to hope. If there is one thing next to love that is common among humans of all nations, it is hope. But time plays its role as well. The story of LZ 129 Hindenburg tells the story of both, and how 90 seconds changed it all.

But one singular event can challenge even the strongest hopes. For an individual. For a community. For the world.

What is hope to you? How do...

How much of your family history do you know? Are you sure? It’s important to pass stories of our ancestors down so they don’t get lost. So that our children have an identity that spans more than just their own lifetime.

Are these people from the past just photos of distant relatives? Or do they mean something?

Perhaps it’s easy for parents to assume their children know things about them or their ancestors. But if these stories aren’t passed down, how would the children know?

It was an abandoned house si...

A letter. One of many written by the author. In this episode we explore the letter and the life of the author, who was an artist.

The letter reveals the depths of the artist’s struggle with psychosis and depression. But his life, discussed between breaks in the letter, illustrates what the life of someone who is truly gifted with genius or brilliance might look like. Not easy. Troubled.

Or perhaps the troubled mind or depression creates the genius or brilliance?

“La tristesse durera toujours.”

It’s an examination of a tortured...

Are you a lion or a kitten? Did stoicism get it right? Should we be living as the stoics believed, existing more in the present and focusing on what’s within us and less on what’s outside? Are the virtues we possess such as strength and courage and temperament the key to true peace, versus reaching for health, wealth, or reputation?

Join Author Robert Falkenberg for a dive into some of Ernest Hemingway’s life in this discussion of stoicism. Was Hemingway a stoic, or did he just channel stoicism through Santiago, his protagonist in The Old Ma...

What does growth look like? Is it a straight line? No! It’s a series of peaks and valleys. Growth isn’t linear.

Robert Falkenberg takes a look at the lives of several successful people from Henry Ford to Stephen King to Thomas Edison to J. K. Rowling who suffered setbacks on their way to accomplishing their goals. What was their mindset during this process? How did they face failure?

Are you in a fishbowl of failure? Or does your perspective lean toward acknowledging that failure is on the roadmap to success?

He also...

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The author briefly discusses his book signing for Deceit Runs Red at Inkling Books on April 25th.

Then he dives into a discussion of greatness and genius, and how those who seem to have one or both often exhibit other character traits that can be interpreted by others as self-destructive. Is it possible to remove these traits from a person exhibiting them and keep the genius?

Would these geniuses or greats still have maintained these achievements without these traits?

The...

No one ever thinks they’re the bad guy. The author examines the idea of villains, and how people’s perspective influences whether they consider themselves villains. The Mason County Hoo Doo War and the life of former Texas Ranger Scott Cooley.

What makes a villain? The type of act? The absence of a necessary act? One act? Several acts?

The villain, or “bad guy,” is only seen that way from one side, right? Or is the villain still a villain by virtue of being who they are, regardless of their motives or which side they’re...

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The author shares his candid experience with driving his daughter’s car; how “someday” never comes, even for legends like Val Kilmer.

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The author talks about happiness. Can it be boiled down to a science? The author reads Katydids, one of his essays.

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The author reads Split Decision, a short story. Brady discovers much and finds an unlikely ally when his wife Rachel walks out the door.

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