Little Happier: Winston Churchill and “Game of Thrones” Illustrate the Same Observation About Power

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2019

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Winston Churchill and Games of Thrones’s Lady Olenna illustrate the same point: when confronting a powerful and lawless foe, imagination matters. Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft Links and notes related to this episode can be found in the latest post here: https://gretchenrubin.com/podcasts/ Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter Order a copy of Gretchen’s new book OUTER ORDER, INNER CALM here: http://outerorderinnercalmbook.com Leave a voicemail message on: 774-277-9336 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier.
0:03.0	Lately, I've been thinking about two things.
0:06.0	First, I've been thinking about Game of Thrones
0:08.1	because that hit HBO TV series recently aired its final episode.
0:12.9	And I've also been thinking about Winston Churchill
0:15.4	because I've finally gone back to record the audiobook
0:18.5	of my short unconventional biography
0:20.9	40 ways to look at Winston Churchill.
0:23.4	What a joy it was to revisit that project.
0:26.6	I loved writing that book so much.
0:28.6	I love thinking about Winston Churchill.
0:31.3	And both these preoccupations, Game of Thrones, and Winston Churchill
0:35.7	collided in my mind as I was reading the book into the microphone.
0:40.5	There's a scene I love in Game of Thrones
0:43.0	and there are spoilers to come, so beware.
0:46.1	It is the absolutely extraordinary scene
0:48.8	where Lady O'Lena Tyrell, one of my very favorite characters,
0:52.6	is waiting in a tower for to commander Jamie Lannister.
0:57.0	Lannister's forces have just been defeated in battle
0:59.4	and she knows that Jamie will execute her
1:02.2	during this encounter, which he does.
1:05.1	Lady O'Lena is the head of House Tyrell
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