Robert Greene is the celebrated author of The 48 Laws of Power, Mastery & latest best-seller The Laws of Human Nature. Robert recently penned a deal with the streaming site Quibi to adapt The 48 Laws of Power into an episodic series produced by Canadian production company DreamCrew, co-founded by hip hop star Drake. Visit Robert's newly launched YouTube page here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-qsP49Ai2GymJgyKX38l1w. Also on today's show we chat with Canadian director Michael Maxxis whose new feature film Puppy Love is set for release in 2020/21. The picture features an all-star cast with Michael Madsen, Wayne Newton, Rosanna Arquette & Hopper Penn (son of Sean Penn) starring. Puppy Love marks Hopper's on-screen debut. The soundtrack features the production talents of Butch Vig, LP & Portugal the Man who score the film. Michael also produced the music video for Orville Peck's DEAD OF NIGHT which helped launch his career beyond the fringe (horrible pun). For more info, visit https://www.michaelmaxxis.com/. The Portland Podcast is produced & edited by Gregory Druker Day. For inquiries, contact: greg@pdxpodcast.com. Find us at http://pdxpodcast.com/. Support the show (https://www.paypal.me/pdxpod).