Robin Dreeke is a former FBI Special Agent who led the Bureau’s Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program & is also the author of The Code Of Trust.
In this episode Robin shares the psychological tools he used to recruit spies, defuse conflict, and build trust at the highest levels.
But the most powerful insights? They’re about becoming a better parent, friend, and human.
Some areas we cover:
🧠 The psychology of trust-building — how to earn trust in any relationship
🫶 Active empathy — why understanding others means letting go of ego
📈 Life arcs — how early life experiences shape adult behavior
👀 Reading behavior without judgment — how to observe people with clarity
🧯 De-escalation — FBI tools for calming tension in real-time
🧩 Navigating difficult people — how to lead without being reactive
🕵️♂️ Spy recruitment psychology — what human vulnerability reveals
🛡️ Psychological safety — how to help people feel secure enough to connect
🧃🥤 - How an empty drinks can almost messed up a spy operation 🕵️♂️
✨ You’ll learn how to:💬 Build real trust in your conversations🧭 Spot when your ego is sabotaging empathy🔍 Predict behavior through “life arcs”🧘♂️ Create safety in relationships (and within yourself)
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🔥 Fireside chat🔥:
💫 3 things you get joy from:My kids, walking and reading
🧘 A mantra you want to embrace now would be: It's not how you feel. It's not how you make people feel about you. That's matters. It's how you make them feel about themselves.
🔮 One unusual thing that gives you pleasure:Backpacking
🎬 A favourite film / book / artist — that isn't obvious (and why):Andy Wier, The Martian
🧠 Best advice ever received:Sstart solving other people's problems and stop solving your own
🌧️ How you get over a tough meeting, moment or period of time: Realize it's not all about me
🧒 Something you wish you knew when you were younger: That if I focus more on how it's gonna be a resource for other people's challenges, priorities, and pain points in life, rather, my own life would've taken a lot easier.
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Mentions:: FBI, U.S. Marine Corps, United States Naval Academy, MI6, CIA, NATO allies, Quantico, Russian GRU, Middle Eastern governments, UK, Canada, Australia, Matthew Dunn, Robert Hanssen, Andy Weir, Ryan Holiday, Robert Greene, Noah Harari, Mel Robbins,
