The Rich Roll Podcast

By Rich Roll

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What's The Rich Roll Podcast about?

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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We Can Solve Climate Change...

10.14.2019

“There’s no difference between a climate denier and somebody who’s literate in climate change and doesn’t do anything.” Paul Hawken I’m ecstatic to share my first live podcast event, recorded at the Los Angeles Wilshire Ebell Theatre on September 27, ...

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10.14.2019 We Can Solve Climate Change Now: Paul Hawken & IN-Q LIVE “There’s no difference between a climate denier and somebody who’s literate in climate change and doesn’t do anything.” Paul Hawken I’m ecstatic to share my first live podcast event, recorded at the Los Angeles Wilshire Ebell Theatre on September 27, ...
10.10.2019 Chase Jarvis: Creativity Is Our Birthright “Creativity is a muscle. It’s a habit not a skill. It’s a process not a product.” Chase Jarvis Conventional wisdom frames creativity as the purview of a certain select few — a rare gift that eludes us mere mortals. This ...
10.07.2019 The Craving Mind: Dr. Jud Brewer On Treating Addiction With Mindfulness “What we’re seeing with meditation is that when we get out of our own way, our brains naturally work better and we can really start to get into the flow of things and in sync with life.” Dr. Jud Brewer ...
09.30.2019 Ryan Holiday: Stillness Is The Path To Everything We Want In Life “There’s no one magical thing you do and then have stillness. It’s a process.” Ryan Holiday He’s best known for popularizing Stoicism — an ancient philosophical yet highly practical operating system he pioneered to mainstream, modern adoption. In his latest ...
09.23.2019 Laila Ali’s Champion Mindset Begins With Self-Belief “I’ve always been a fighter. For some reason, I’ve always wanted to fight and prove that I was strong.” Laila Ali How do you find your path in the vast shadow cast by one of history’s most accomplished and beloved ...
09.19.2019 The Seed Of Infinity: Guru Singh On Consciousness “Consciousness is a seed. A seed of infinity with no specific identity and the same vast potential as a seed.” Guru Singh Newly rebranded from Guru Corner to Guru Multiverse — because after all the infinite has no sharp edges ...
09.16.2019 Kelly Corrigan Is The Poet Laureate Of The Ordinary “Appreciation is the purest, strongest form of love. It is the outward-bound kind of love that asks for nothing and gives everything.” Kelly Corrigan Love. Connection. Pain. Finding the universal in the specific. And beauty in the mundane. This is ...
09.09.2019 David Epstein On Why Late Bloomers Win “You don’t change your identity overnight. You have to start with these little keyhole experiments until something that you think that was just an interest becomes a real passion or a vocation.” David Epstein Conventional wisdom dictates that mastery demands ...
09.05.2019 Keep Evolving: Julie Piatt Returns “The heart is the divine mind, not the brain” Julie Piatt Has it really been a full year since Julie appeared on the podcast? Well that’s just not right. So today marks the latest installment in my ongoing series of ...
09.02.2019 Lori Gottlieb: Stories From A Therapist In Therapy “We can’t have change without loss, which is why so often people say they want change but nonetheless stay exactly the same.” Lori Gottlieb Let’s talk about talking to someone. Personally, I’ve been in and out of therapy for more ...
08.26.2019 Tony Riddle Wants To Rewild Your Life “We can’t all live in nature but that doesn’t mean we can’t all live naturally.” Tony Riddle Screens and cubicles. Shoes and chairs. Fluorescent lights and air conditioned offices. Processed foods. Netflix and chill. Disconnecting us from our essential human ...
08.22.2019 Gwen Jorgensen’s Champion Mindset: Big Dreams, Taking Risks & Following Your Heart “It doesn’t matter what other people think. Not everyone is going to always support you 100% but as long as you are doing you and you know that you’re becoming a better person then that’s what’s important.” Gwen Jorgensen How ...
08.19.2019 How to Unlearn: Humble The Poet On Simple Truths For A Better Life “We all have the unlimited power to shift our perspective, and with that the unlimited power to change the way we feel about life.” Humble The Poet We craft our identity around story. And that story is comprised of beliefs. ...
08.12.2019 Annaka Harris On Consciousness “Sometimes, we have to completely let go of intuitions that are actually giving us false information about reality.” Annaka Harris What is consciousness? How does it arise? And why does it exist? We take ‘experience’ for granted. But the very ...
08.08.2019 Amanda Palmer On Radical Compassion & The Power Of Vulnerability “We will stay crippled in the darkness if we cannot feel compassion for the heart that is the darkest.” Amanda Palmer Today’s guest is many things. A fiercely independent singer, songwriter and musician. A bestselling author and blogger. A playwright ...
08.05.2019 Toby Morse On Punk, Parenting & PMA “The key to being positive and happy is doing what you love. I’m very lucky to still be able to do that. I don’t have a ‘Plan B’. I never really had one. I just live my life.” Toby Morse ...
07.29.2019 Titus Welliver On Gratitude & Great Art “Gratitude and humility attract opportunity and success.” Titus Welliver Hey it’s that guy. You know the guy, right? The guy with the crazy moustache in that Ben Affleck movie? The Man In Black from Lost? The Irish gangster in Sons ...
07.25.2019 Zach Bush, MD Wants You To Let Go Of Your Story “The biggest problem we all face is the story that we tell ourselves of what our lives have been. It’s keeping us in a box. The ‘cubicle’ you’re really living in is your story.” Zach Bush, MD He’s back! One ...
07.22.2019 Matthew Futterman On The Secrets of Speed & Endurance “Where you’re born, how you’re born and how you grew up are not your destiny. You can change your destiny. If you do the work, you can be better tomorrow than you were yesterday.” Matthew Futterman What is the secret ...
07.15.2019 Pro Boxer Mike Lee On Why Mindset Is Everything “The more you can be in this present moment and control what you can control, the better off you’re going to be.” Mike Lee To be totally honest, I don’t follow the pugilistic arts all that closely. But professional boxer ...
07.11.2019 Jeff Gordinier Is Hungry: Perfect Plates, Punk Rock & Prolific Prose “You are here now. Make the most of it and change what’s not working. It’s crucial.” Jeff Gordinier Why is great food important? How and why did restaurants become culturally significant? And what life lessons can be gleaned from the ...
07.08.2019 Miguel McKelvey Is Reimagining The Workplace — How Design Fuels Human Connection “What I really care about is connecting people.” Miguel McKelvey The tectonic plates of the workplace landscape are rapidly shifting. Gone are the days of multi-decade corporate allegiance, replaced with project-based careers. The rapid rise of the freelance economy. And ...
07.01.2019 Dave Roll: Meditations On Character, Integrity & Leadership “Character matters.” Dave Roll For reasons both obvious and perhaps less so, this week’s episode holds a very special place in my heart. There is something unique about sitting before a microphone that permits a species of conversation difficult to ...
06.24.2019 Rebecca Rusch Is The Queen Of Pain “Affecting my physical body is a way for me to reach inside my soul. Suffering allows me to access who I am emotionally.” Rebecca Rusch This week I sit down with Rebecca Rusch – one of the world’s greatest adventure ...
06.20.2019 Gemma Newman, MD Is The Plant Power Doctor “Stay positive. Make a change for yourself. Tell others about your change. Feel good and hopefully, the message will spread.” Gemma Newman Recorded live during our recent Plantpower Italia retreat in Tuscany, I’m delighted to share a fun and highly ...
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. ...

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