The Rich Roll Podcast

By Unleash Your Best Self | Rich Roll | Bestselling Author, Ultra-Endurance Athlete & Wellness Evangelist

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A master-class in personal and professional development, ultra-athlete, wellness evangelist and bestselling author Rich Roll delves deep with the world's brightest and most thought provoking thought leaders to educate, inspire and empower you to unleash your best, most authentic self. More at: http://richroll.com

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The Awakening Of Russell Brand

06.17.2019

“If you have a spiritual life, it is for you. It is not something you should inflict on other people.” Russell Brand Every podcaster has their dream list — guests they fantasize interviewing. From day one, today’s guest has occupied ...

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06.17.2019 The Awakening Of Russell Brand “If you have a spiritual life, it is for you. It is not something you should inflict on other people.” Russell Brand Every podcaster has their dream list — guests they fantasize interviewing. From day one, today’s guest has occupied ...
06.10.2019 Cal Newport on Digital Minimalism: Why Focus Is the New Superpower “Simply put, humans are not wired to be constantly wired.” Cal Newport It’s become increasingly harder to just put the phone down. Because the latest apps and digital platforms are specifically designed to addict, we have become slaves to their ...
06.07.2019 Sanjay Gupta, MD On Chasing Health, Work-Life Balance & Responsible Journalism “Human existence is but the blink of an eye. It doesn’t take much research to think about how we evolved and why we evolve the way that we do.” Dr. Sanjay Gupta Western medicine is extraordinary. Over the last several ...
06.03.2019 You Are A Superorganism: Ara Katz & Raja Dhir On The Power Of Microbes “We are, by definition, an ecosystem. The microbiome reveals a more connected biology, radically transforming our approach to medicine, hygiene, diet, and living.” Ara Katz & Raja Dhir Our bodies are comprised of about ten trillion cells. But our microbiome ...
05.26.2019 Andy Ramage On Creating The ‘One Year No Beer’ Movement & How Alcohol-Freedom Unlocked His Potential “Quitting alcohol isn’t just for alcoholics.” Andy Ramage Over the years, I have openly shared my personal journey with alcoholism and that of many guests. A lifeline for the desperate many that struggle in silence, I do this to underscore ...
05.23.2019 Doug Bopst On Fitness, Faith & The Jail Cell That Saved His Life “Always focus on how far you’ve come, not how far you have to go.” Doug Bopst Admittedly, It’s a thrill to converse with renown experts, world-class athletes and celebrities. But the most rewarding aspect of my job is occasionally turning ...
05.20.2019 Jesse Thomas: Work Hard, Play Harder & Love Hardest “There’s just no substitute for working hard.” Jesse Thomas He’s one of the world’s most popular and accomplished professional triathletes. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this week’s guest — a humble athlete, proud ...
05.14.2019 Pete Holmes: Comedy! Sex! God! “Awareness is peace.” Pete Holmes Comedian! Writer! Author! Spiritual seeker! One of my favorite people, Pete Holmes needs no introduction. But I’m going to give it to you anyway. A stand up veteran with a cornucopia of comedy specials, television ...
05.10.2019 The Awakening Of Jeff Grant: From Addiction & Incarceration To Prison Ministry “Guilt is about what you’ve done. Shame is about who you are.” Jeff Grant An epidemic of colossal proportions, millions struggle with substance addiction. Suffering in silence, they too often slip through the cracks, desperate and alone. As a society, ...
05.07.2019 Freeze Solo: Colin O’Brady Is The First to Cross Antarctica Alone & Unassisted “We all have reservoirs of untapped potential. The biggest thing standing in our way? Our minds.” Colin O’Brady Life has taught me one essential truth: the human spirit is boundless. Just when you think we’ve reached the absolute pinnacle of ...
04.30.2019 Lisa Damour, PhD On Parenting Teens Under Pressure “We run the risk now of raising a generation that is stressed about being stressed, and anxious about being anxious.” Lisa Damour, PhD Today’s expedition takes us into the beautifully mysterious world of parenting, with a specific lens on navigating ...
04.26.2019 Optimizing Spring Training: Chris Hauth Returns “You are never going to be the same person you were yesterday because there’s always something you learned in that workout about yourself, your fitness, your mind, and your nutrition. That’s the training process.” Chris Hauth Making his latest appearance ...
04.23.2019 David Sinclair On Extending Human Lifespan & The Science Behind Aging “Nothing matters except making the world a better place after you’ve been here.” David Sinclair, PhD Everybody grows old. Everyone dies. But is this scientific fact? Or is it merely a story based on history and our current understanding of ...
04.16.2019 The Strava Story: Building A Fitness Community Fueled By Emotional Connection “If you sweat, you’re an athlete. It’s as simple as that.” Mark Gainey & Michael Horvath Riding up a local canyon climb back in what must have been late 2009, my Airstream-dwelling, frequent cycling compadre Stu Bone couldn’t stop talking ...
04.12.2019 Guru Singh On Positivity — Why Receptivity Is The Better Path “Sometimes what appears to be negative is the most positive thing you can do. What appears to be ‘safe’ is sometimes the most dangerous thing you can be doing for your life” Guru Singh Welcome to yet another edition Guru ...
04.08.2019 Kevin Smith On The Heart Attack That Saved His Life & The Art Of Prolific Creativity “Don’t identify as an artist, be the art.“ Kevin Smith About 610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year. In other words, America’s number one killer claims 1 out of every 4 deaths. Not all heart ...
04.02.2019 David Bronner On Cosmic Engagement, Conscious Capitalism & Cultivating Unity “We’re systematically destroying the life in soil and bringing our crops to harvest with more and more chemical inputs and treating soil like dead dirt instead of the life-giving resource that it is.“ David Bronner Eat local. Buy organic. Avoid ...
03.26.2019 Mike Posner On Making Art, Embracing Growth & Walking Across America “I really try not to pay attention as much as I can to the reaction to the art. For me the reward is in the making of the art in the first place.“ Mike Posner An accomplished singer, songwriter, poet ...
03.22.2019 Jack Dorsey On Solitude, Self-Care & Shouldering The Health of Global Conversation “There’s no path towards evolution and making something better unless we can talk about it.“ Jack Dorsey Imagine shouldering responsibility of one of the planet’s largest social networks. Now imagine that’s just one of your jobs, the second focused on ...
03.19.2019 The Paradox of Passion With Brad Stulberg & Steve Magness “There is both good passion and bad passion. And what direction your passion takes is largely up to you.” Brad Stulberg & Steve Magness Follow your passion. For many it’s a mantra. For others, an over-hyped trope. I plead guilty ...
03.12.2019 Nadia Bolz-Weber Is Shameless — Reconciling Sex & God With Grace “God, please help me not be an asshole, is about as common a prayer as I pray in my life.“ Nadia Bolz-Weber Today we continue my exploration of faith with one of the most fascinating spiritual leaders in America today ...
03.08.2019 Brian Koppelman On The Artist Within, Nurturing Your Voice & The Importance Of Consistent Creative Practice “Nobody has to give you permission to do the work that you want to do.” Brian Koppelman Today’s guest was always creative, but never thought of himself of an artist. Then Brian Koppelman shifted his mindset. He adopted consistent daily ...
03.05.2019 San Quentin To Saved: Chris Schuhmacher’s Last Mile To Redemption “I knew I had to take ownership of what I did and regardless of the circumstances, I was going to try and become somebody different.” Chris Schuhmacher This is a story of mistakes made. Of penance served. And the hard ...
02.26.2019 Tom Bilyeu On Exiting The Matrix, How To Develop ‘Techne’ & Why Mindset Is Everything “Once you realize that you can do anything that you set your mind to, how you spend your time becomes a spiritual consideration.” Tom Bilyeu Like most of us, Tom Bilyeu chased money for nearly a decade only to end ...
02.22.2019 The War Inside: Combat Veteran Sarah Lee On PTSD & How Cycling America Saved Her Life “The war inside is totally different from the one we were trained to win.” Sarah Lee Imagine finding yourself in a place so painful, dark and hopeless that suicide feels like the only option. Welcome to post traumatic stress disorder. ...
02.19.2019 Eat Plants Not Animals: James Aspey Is Defending The Voiceless “I went voiceless because they’re voiceless.“ James Aspey Why do we love dogs, eat pigs and wear cows? Dr. Melanie Joy coined this phenomenon speciesism. James Aspey calls it what it is — just plain wrong. Motivated to raise greater ...
02.12.2019 Todd Herman On The Alter Ego Effect: Unlocking The Hero Within “There’s a big difference between interested and committed.” Todd Herman What if I told you that one secret to success just might be adopting a secret identity? I know. It sounds weird. I too was skeptical. But today’s guest sold ...
02.08.2019 The Queens Of EPIC5: Danielle Grabol & Melissa Urie On Girl Power Grit “Everybody wants the finish line. Everybody wants a medal. But people don’t want to put the work in.” Danielle Grabol In 2010, the tireless and intrepid Jason Lester hoodwinked me into his latest fit of voluntary suffering insanity: an attempt ...
02.05.2019 Marco Borges’ Greenprint For Your Best Self & A Better World “What is it all about? It’s about being healthier, happier, better to the animals, kinder to each other and the planet – and it all stems from what we’re putting into our bodies.” Marco Borges Last week, Beyoncé and Jay-Z ...
01.29.2019 Damien Mander: The Vegan Sniper On How Women Are Winning The War On Big Game Poaching “Only one [species] has the power to determine what level of suffering is acceptable for all other sentient beings to endure.” Damien Mander You don’t want to fuck with Damien Mander. The very definition of an alpha-male modern warrior, Damien ...
01.25.2019 Dare To Be You In A World That Values Conformity “Are you a fraud to society or a fraud to yourself?” Guru Singh Welcome to another edition Guru Corner featuring my favorite teacher on all things mystic and metaphysical, Guru Singh. Fusing Eastern mysticism with Western pragmatism, Guru Singh is ...
01.22.2019 Kílian Jornet: Summiting The Mind Of The World’s Greatest Mountain Runner “Conquering mountains is an ironic phrase. We are not conquering them. We can never pretend to be fighting nature because we are part of it.” Kílian Jornet Never meet your heroes, they say. Fortunately, this entire podcast is based on ...
01.15.2019 Addiction & Depression: Johann Hari On Lost Connections “The opposite of addiction isn’t sobriety. It’s connection.” Johann Hari Why are we seeing unprecedented rates of depressions? What’s behind our current opioid epidemic? And what can be done about it? Journalist and author Johann Hari suggests that everything we ...
01.11.2019 Winter Fitness & The Canon Of Consistency With Chris Hauth “We’re able to give so much more when we take care of ourselves on a daily basis.” Chris Hauth Making his latest appearance in our ongoing Coach’s Corner series is none other than Chris Hauth, one of the world’s most ...
01.08.2019 Zach Bush, MD On The Science & Spirituality of Human And Planetary Transformation “If we don’t reconnect with nature, we will just destroy it again.” Zach Bush MD In my humble opinion, Zach Bush, MD isn’t just one of the most compelling medical minds currently working to improve our understanding of human and ...
01.01.2019 You Can’t Hurt David Goggins: Going Beyond Motivation & Why Mindset Is Everything “You have to go to war with yourself before you can find peace” David Goggins I can think of no better guest to usher in 2019 than the mighty one himself. Incontrovertibly the most inspirational person I have ever met, ...
12.28.2018 The Best of 2018: Part II “Failure is an action, not an identity. And if you learn from it, you get better. That’s how you grow.” Des Linden Welcome to the Best of 2018 — Part II: our way of taking a moment to reflect on ...
12.24.2018 The Best of 2018: Part I “True behavior change is really identity change.” James Clear Welcome to the 6th annual Best of the RRP Anthology — our way of taking a moment to reflect on the year, express gratitude and give thanks for taking this journey ...
12.17.2018 Dr. Dean & Anne Ornish: The Power of Lifestyle Medicine To Undo Disease & Live Better “It’s not just about living longer, it’s about feeling better and improving the quality of life.” Dr. Dean Ornish Today we explore what it truly means to live healthy and well. It’s obvious that diet and exercise play a crucial ...
12.10.2018 How Dirt Diva Catra Corbett Was Reborn On The Run “Getting out is the first step.” Catra Corbett If Ross Edgley is a real-life Aquaman, I nominate ultrarunner extraordinaire Catra Corbett as a real-life Wonder Woman. Definitely one of the planet’s most colorful athletes, Catra’s polychromatic goth-punk aesthetic is a ...
12.07.2018 Ross Edgley Is The Real Aquaman — Lessons In Fortitude From (Arguably) The Fittest Man Alive “You find the most honest version of yourself in complete exhaustion.“ Ross Edgley To be certain, we face great challenges — global climate change, political divisiveness, mass shootings, social & economic disparity, chronic disease, addiction, racism, misogyny – the list ...
12.03.2018 Jimmy Chin & Chai Vasarhelyi On The Making of ‘Free Solo’ & Living Beyond Fear “If you’re going to make a film, it should be about something that is incredibly meaningful to you.“ Chai Vasarhelyi If you enjoyed my conversations with adventure athletes Alex Honnold (RRP 351), Conrad Anker (RRP 170), Hilaree Nelson (RRP 364) ...
11.26.2018 The Iceman Cometh: Wim Hof On Elevating Consciousness & Amplifying Human Potential “We are so successful at being comfortable that comfort is becoming the enemy of success.” Wim Hof Today we dive into the deep end of higher consciousness. We challenge the limits of human potential. And we explore the power of ...
11.19.2018 Lindsey Vonn’s Got Grit: Lessons From The World’s Most Decorated Female Ski Racer “It’s hard to beat the person that won’t quit.” Lindsey Vonn What’s it like to be the very best in the world at something? Today I explore this question and so much more with a woman who truly needs no ...
11.16.2018 Music Mogul Jason Flom On Reforming Criminal Justice & Resurrecting Rock ‘N Roll “Be kind to yourself, to other people, animals and the Earth.“ Jason Flom Today I sit down with music industry titan Jason Flom for a deep dive into what currently ails our criminal justice system, and how to fix it. ...
11.12.2018 How Josh LaJaunie Lost 200+ Pounds & Reinvented Himself: Thoughts On Mindset, Habits & Giving Back “There’s no more nutrient dense way to eat than a plant-based diet.” Josh LaJaunie I have never met a more inspirational everyman example of healthy, transformative living than Josh LaJaunie. After 400+ episodes of the podcast, our initial conversation way ...
11.05.2018 Bruce Friedrich On The Clean Meat Revolution “Raising crops to feed animals so we can eat animals is vastly inefficient.” Bruce Friedrich 7.5 billion people currently share this spinning blue planet we call Earth. By 2050, that number will escalate to 9.7 billion. By 2100? 11 billion. ...
10.28.2018 James Clear On Why Habits Are The Compound Interest of Self-Improvement “True behavior change is really identity change.” James Clear What stands in the way of becoming the person you aspire to be? Maybe it’s circumstances. Access or opportunity. For many its bad habits, exacerbated by the unsuccessful war waged to ...
10.25.2018 How To Raise A Conscious Child With Guru Singh “If we don’t allow ourselves to be imperfect we will never get good.” Guru Singh Welcome to another edition Guru Corner — a spiritual version of my popular Coach’s Corner series featuring my favorite teacher on all things mystic and ...
10.22.2018 Scott Harrison Is Not Afraid Of Work Without End “Charity means love. It means to look after your neighbor in need and get nothing in return.” Scott Harrison From the outside looking in, he was living the dream. Killer SoHo loft. Private jets to exotic locales. Rolex, cover model ...

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