The Rich Roll Podcast

By Rich Roll

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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: https://richroll.com

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Big Wave Legend Garrett McN...

02.06.2023

Meet legendary big wave king Garrett McNamara. Garrett is an internationally recognized big wave surfer who commanded global attention by surfing one of the world’s largest waves in Nazaré, Portugal, and popularizing Nazaré’s now famous surf break. He has also ...

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02.06.2023 Big Wave Legend Garrett McNamara On Chasing 100ft+ Waves Meet legendary big wave king Garrett McNamara. Garrett is an internationally recognized big wave surfer who commanded global attention by surfing one of the world’s largest waves in Nazaré, Portugal, and popularizing Nazaré’s now famous surf break. He has also ...
01.30.2023 How To Live An Ethical Life With Moral Philosopher Peter Singer Today’s guest has dedicated his life to answering these questions with actionable, sustainable solutions. Meet the world’s most influential living philosopher, Peter Singer. The grandfather of both the modern animal rights and effective altruism movements, Peter is a Professor of ...
01.26.2023 Steven Pressfield: Battle Resistance, Master Your Craft, & Pursue Your Calling Here to wax poetic on all things creativity, battling resistance, and answering your calling is wise master of the creative process Steven Pressfield, returning for his second appearance on the show (his first being episode #584). Steven is a prolific ...
01.23.2023 Chef Babette: Fit at 72, Self-Love & Life Transformation Through Food A force of nature, Chef Babette is the chef and owner of Stuff I Eat, a plant-based restaurant in Inglewood, California. After weathering an extremely challenging childhood, years addicted to drugs and processed foods, and suffering from a myriad of ...
01.16.2023 Rick Rubin: Modern Master Of The Creative Act An absolute icon of modern music whose influence on culture has been nothing short of titanic, Rick Rubin is one of the greatest music producers of all time, noted for his unique—and some might say counter-intuitive—way in which he is ...
01.12.2023 Coach of The Norwegian Train: Olav Aleksander Bu On The Science of Elite Performance The co-founder of the companies Santara tech and Entalpi, Olav is a sports scientist and elite coach who helped to devise a protocol of testing and performance optimization, grounded in the scientific method, that is achieving undisputable real-world results as ...
01.09.2023 Seth Godin On Creativity, Embracing Failure & Spreading Big Ideas Today’s guest wants to give you the tools to get started, overcome creative blocks, and get your work into the hands of the people you most want to help. His name is Seth Godin. He's the author of more than ...
01.02.2023 Special Forces Operators On Mindset, Veteran Mental Health & Extreme Challenges My friend, coach, and frequent podcast guest Chris Hauth is joined by former Navy SEAL Ryan “Birdman” Parrott and former US Army Special Forces Alex Racey to discuss mindset tools for the new year, veteran mental health, the importance of ...
12.26.2022 The Best Of 2022: Part Two As 2022 comes to a close and a new year beckons, we are presented with an opportunity to reflect on the past twelve months. Explore new aspirations. And set intentions for the year to come. Allow me to indulge this ...
12.22.2022 The Best Of 2022: Part One As the year comes to a close, I want to take some time to appreciate the unbelievable library of conversations we’ve recorded over the last 12 months. To celebrate all of these amazing episodes, we indulge an annual tradition on ...
12.19.2022 Prophets Walk Among Us: Stories From Our Listeners Part II Last year, we debuted a new episode dedicated to compilations of stories sent in by our listeners. The result was Prophets Walk Among Us: Stories from Our Listeners, an incredible achievement that showcased the talent, drive, perseverance, and inspiration of ...
12.12.2022 Mel Robbins On Healing Anxiety, Marriage Therapy, & Igniting Transformation Back for her second drop on the podcast (her first being RRP #630) is my friend, Mel Robbins. Mel is the mega-bestselling author of The 5 Second Rule and The High Five Habit and is branching out into my territory ...
12.08.2022 Born To Run Free (For a Lifetime) with Christopher McDougall + Eric Orton Reaching your athletic peak is a laudable goal. But ambition extracts a physical and mental cost. How do you break free from cycles of burnout and injury and fall in love with running again? Today we cover this topic and ...
12.05.2022 Dan Buettner On The Lost American Diet The U.S. is one of the most prosperous nations on the planet—and yet, our country has never been more unhealthy. Here to offer us a fact-based prescription for living longer and better is the intrepid Dan Buettner. A true renaissance ...
11.28.2022 Kyle Gillett, MD: Hormones & Holistic Health Habits Hormones are the body’s chemical messengers, signaling a slew of physiological processes, including your metabolism, mood, sexual function, and more. Here to help us understand this complicated endocrine language is hormone health specialist Kyle Gillett, MD. A dual board-certified physician ...
11.24.2022 A Masterclass On Plant-Based Nutrition For the past year and a half, we’ve been creating quarterly episodes centered on a singular theme offered as an RRP Masterclass. These compilation episodes are derived from multiple past guests, and today, we focus our attention on plant-based nutrition. ...
11.21.2022 Whitney Cummings Is Doing The Work Whitney Cummings is a stand-up comedian, writer, actor, producer, and podcaster. You may know her from one of her five hilarious stand-up specials, her sitcom 'Whitney', as the co-creator of the CBS show '2 Broke Girls', or as host of ...
11.14.2022 Tony Riddle's Natural Lifestyle Philosophy For Optimum Health, Happiness & Vitality Here to rewild us and reconnect us to that which is most essential is barefoot ultra running phenom Tony Riddle. Returning for his 2nd appearance on the podcast (his first being over 3 years ago on episode #463), Tony is ...
11.10.2022 Roll On: What A Decade of Podcasting Has Taught Me About Life Welcome to the 2022 season finale of ‘Roll On’, our semi-bi-weekly version of the podcast where we indulge in some good-natured banter and ramble on matters of interest across culture, sports, politics, literature, art, self-betterment, and more. Today Rich and ...
11.07.2022 Casey Neistat's Unrelenting Pursuit Of Interestingness Here today fourth appearance on the podcast—(his last appearance was nearly eight years ago) is the godfather of YouTube, Casey Neistat. One of the biggest and most popular filmmakers on YouTube with over 12.5 million subscribers, Casey rose to fame ...
10.31.2022 The Ant-Viral Gut: Robynne Chutkan, MD On Optimizing Immunity & Preventing Disease From The Inside Out Multiple studies now confirm a dramatic link between the health of our microbiome and our ability to combat viral illness. Today we explore this connection, with tools to promote gut health, optimize your immune system & prevent disease. Our host ...
10.24.2022 Gordo Byrn on Making A 1000 Day Plan, Small Promises, The 5:2 Rule, & Designing Your Best Life In today’s panoply of role models, rare is the story of an everyman transforming his life wholesale—then sharing his process openly and honestly with humility and vulnerability. Today I convene with one of these aspirational, endurance veteran and personal hero ...
10.20.2022 Gustav Iden & Kristian Blummenfelt: Lessons From The Norwegian Train Reign There are professionals. There are Olympians. But rare is the athlete who is so entirely and utterly devoted to sport in mind, body, and soul, that they exceed titles all together. Today I am lucky to host two of these ...
10.17.2022 Dr. David Spiegel On Mind-Body 'Tranceformation' Through Hypnosis This is a conversation about the science, neurobiology and use cases for clinical hypnosis with the world’s leading researcher and clinician in the field, Dr. David Spiegel. Dr. Spiegel is the associate chair of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford ...
10.13.2022 Julie Piatt On Why The Heart Will Never Fail You How do you navigate transformation? What does it mean to live with integrity? And why is it important to cultivate intuition? Joining me today to grapple with truths big and small is my in-house spiritual guide, Julie Piatt—aka SriMati. My ...
10.10.2022 François D'haene: The Ultra Spirit on Competition, Winemaking & Running Mountains Meet François D’Haene. One of the greatest (some say the greatest) ultra-distance trail runners in the world, French superstar François is a former physiotherapist turned winemaker who has collected 36 victories and 51 podiums across some of the most prestigious ...
10.06.2022 A Tribute To Hilaree Nelson On Monday, September 26th, Hilaree Nelson—one of the world’s most accomplished ski-mountaineers and adventure athletes—tragically passed away while descending mount Manaslu in Nepal after summiting the 26,781-foot mountain with her partner Jim Morrison. She was 49. Named one of National ...
10.03.2022 John McAvoy: From Life Sentence to Life of Purpose If you’re someone who actually believes that people don’t change, prepare for a major mindset shift.Meet John McAvoy. Returning for his 2nd appearance on the podcast, John is positive transformation rendered in human form—and his story is one of the ...
09.29.2022 Mastering The Mystical: A Deep Dive On Spirituality For too long, the growing body of evidence showing that a spiritual practice is associated with better health and wellbeing has been dismissed by stoics and scientists. That is, until now. Welcome to our sixth masterclass episode, where we share ...
09.26.2022 Never Quit Before The Miracle: The Story of Anvil Meet the masters of resilience. 80’s metal trailblazers: Anvil. For those of you who bristle at the thought of heavy metal, set aside that resistance. Give this one a shot with an open mind and heart. And thank me later—because ...
09.19.2022 Paul Conti, MD: Face & Heal The Trauma That Dictates Your Life Dr. Paul Conti is a graduate of Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed his training at Stanford and Harvard, where he served as Chief Resident. He then served on the medical faculty at Harvard before moving to Portland, Oregon, ...
09.15.2022 Roll On: Life Lessons Learned From 10 Years of Podcasting Welcome to ‘Roll On’, the semi-bi-weekly version of the podcast where Rich Roll & Adam Skolnick indulge in some good-natured banter and ramble on matters of interest across culture, sports, art, literature, politics, self-betterment, and more. Today Rich reflects on ...
09.12.2022 Max Fisher: How Social Media Rewired Our Brains (+ Our World) Max Fisher is a New York Times investigative reporter, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and author of the vitally important book: 'The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World'—a referendum on Big Tech and ...
09.05.2022 Dr. Gabor Maté On How Trauma Fuels Disease In the most health-obsessed society ever, all is not well. At the root lies a sleeping giant: unhealed trauma. Here to help us further explore this profound insight is renowned speaker and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté. Returning for his ...
08.29.2022 From Prison Guard to Endurance Star: Ken Rideout on Mindset, Non-Negotiables & Self-Accountability The heart and soul of this podcast is personal transformation—and today’s story of metamorphosis is one of the most compelling, improbable, and inspirational tales I have ever heard. Narrating this epic saga is Ken Rideout, a guy who has transcended ...
08.25.2022 Roll On: The Medium Is The Magnet Welcome to ‘Roll On’, the semi-bi-weekly version of the podcast where we ramble on matters of interest across culture, sports, art, literature, politics, self-betterment, and more. As always, my co-host is Mr. Adam Skolnick, an activist, veteran journalist, and David ...
08.22.2022 Susan Cain On The Great Ache That Binds Us Are you one of those people that finds solace and comfort in rainy days or melancholy music? It’s not quite sadness. It's more like longing. A beautiful ache that makes you feel more connected to the human experience. What is ...
08.15.2022 Forging The Future: Ari Wallach on The Longpath Mindset, Telos & Transgenerational Empathy We as a global society currently face challenges—some of which are existential in nature—that simply cannot be solved with the mindset, institutions, and paradigms currently in place. Instead, these solutions require that we think beyond current economic, political, and social ...
08.11.2022 Centenarian Mike Fremont On Longevity Secrets, Breaking World Running Records & How To Thrive Today we explore health, fitness, longevity & the pursuit of meaning through the lived experience of a human who has been walking planet Earth for a full 100 years. Meet centenarian Mike Fremont, a retired engineer turned climate activist and ...
08.08.2022 Heidi Zuckerman: Why Art Matters What defines art? What makes one an artist? What does art teach us—and why does it matter? To help us make sense of a world elusive to many, today I convene with the singular Heidi Zuckerman. A woman I’ve known ...
08.01.2022 Peter Attia, MD On Becoming a Centenarian Decathlete, Metabolic Health & All Things Zone 2 Healthspan extension may pique your interest. But it’s the obsession of today’s guest, a physician and engineer focused on the applied science of longevity to reframe and improve how we live while challenging all we’ve been previously taught about the ...
07.25.2022 Colin O’Brady & Jenna Besaw On Possible Mindsets, K2 Perils & 12-Hours Walks World-record setting adventure athlete and New York Times bestselling author Colin O’Brady returns for his fifth appearance on the podcast (RRP 207, 235, 439 & 519), this time alongside wife and partner in all things Jenna Besaw —the powerful engine ...
07.21.2022 Roll On: Everything Roll On After a brief hiatus, the boys are back with a classic "old school" edition of 'Roll On', the version of the podcast where we ramble on matters of interest across culture, sports, art, politics, self-betterment, and more. This might be ...
07.18.2022 Malcolm Gladwell Is Lord Of All Things Overlooked and Misunderstood What are the limits of human performance? How can we reimagine sport to boost lifelong adoption? And what is the athlete’s role in moving culture forward? Today we explore these questions and tons more with the lord of all things ...
07.11.2022 Robin Arzón On Turning Doubt Into Determination & Plateaus Into Launching Pads Robin Arzón -- the inspiring and highly energetic self-proclaimed ambassador of sweat and swagger is back for her fourth appearance on the podcast. A former corporate lawyer with degrees from NYU and Villanova Law, Robin transformed herself into a global ...
07.04.2022 Valter Longo PhD: Fasting & Nutrition Protocols for Longevity & Disease Prevention When it comes to fasting, how do you parse fact from fiction? How do nutrition and lifestyle choices make or break disease? And how do we eat to live longer, healthier lives? To help us answer these questions, Dr.Valter Longo ...
06.27.2022 Camille Herron: Crushing World Records, Narrowing The Gender Gap, And The Power of Happiness She collects world records with wild abandon. With each race, she narrows the gender gap, rewriting the rulebook on human capability with a broad smile and arms outstretched. Meet force of nature Camille Herron. Alongside 21 marathon victories, Camille won ...
06.23.2022 A Longevity Masterclass: Emerging Science & Timeless Wisdom of Healthy Aging Welcome to our fourth masterclass episode where we share big truths from some of my best podcast guests, honing in on a single theme or subject matter. Today we are diving deep into the subject of longevity, specifically: how to ...
06.20.2022 Lisa Bilyeu: Transcend the Purgatory of the Mundane Here to illuminate truths big and small on all things self-confidence, relationships, mindset, and more is entrepreneur turned author Lisa Bilyeu. Lisa is the co-founder of Quest Nutrition a company she helped grow into a billion-dollar unicorn alongside her husband ...
06.13.2022 Steve Magness: Do Hard Things — The Science of Resilience A cornerstone of this podcast is exploring why we should all Do Hard Things—which just so happens to be the title of today’s guest’s latest book. Meet Steve Magness. Making his third (but first solo) appearance on the show, Steve ...

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