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The Rich Roll Podcast

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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Adam Grant On The Secrets Of Strong Relationships In A Lonely World
Nov 2026 · 3 books
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Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Adam Grant
“Like think again is all about like how can we better understand each other”
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The Chronicles of Narnia
C.S. Lewis
“We would not have the Narnia series”
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The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
“we would not have the Lord of the Rings”
Unpacking The NYC Marathon With Cedric King: A Story of Service & Sacrifice
Nov 2026 · 1 book
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The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
“A year before this happened, I finished the book called The Alchemist”
Jim Morrison Skied Everest’s North Face In The Wake Of Two Tragedies: On Grief, Risk & Moving Forward After Unimaginable Loss
Nov 2026 · 2 books
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The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle
“I really enjoyed uh his book, The Power of Now and I I read it and listened to it and then I went to Vancouver and Met him and sat down with him and spent some time with him”
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StrengthsFinder 2.0
Tom Rath
“I took the I There's a book called Strength Finder and I I did that many, many years ago and I If you fill out a form, you do it online, you take a test, it tells you what your strengths are”
First Light: Cole Brauer's Life Lessons From Racing Her Sailboat Around The World
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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First Light
Cole Brauer
“You communicate this in your new book. First light. Congratulations”
Terry Bradshaw On Lessons From Super Bowl & Broadcasting Stardom, Battling Depression & Surviving Cancer
Oct 2026 · 2 books
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Looking for Terry
Terry Bradshaw
“all of which Carry details in his new memoir. looking for Terry, and talks about today with remarkable candor”
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The War of Art
Steven Pressfield
“Steven Pressfield, is an author uh And He wrote this remarkable book called The War of Art”
Tom Hopper On Getting Sober, Training For The Screen & Finding The Man Behind The Muscle
Oct 2026 · 3 books
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The Terminal List
Jack Carr
“A military action thriller series based on the novel of the same name by author and former Navy SEAL Jack Carr”
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True Believer
Jack Carr
“Dark Wolf and the original terminal list show. These are all based on books by Jack Carr ... True Believer, which is the second Jack Carr novel”
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Awaken the Giant Within
Tony Robbins
“I actually was talking about this on another podcast about um this book Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins”
The Social Reckoning: Frances Haugen On What Facebook Knew & Why She Came Forward
Oct 2026 · 3 books
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Unsafe at Any Speed
Ralph Nader
“there were a hundred thousand automotive engineers who who could confirm What unsafe at any speed was saying”
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The Power of the Powerless
Václav Havel
“one of the first quotes in the book is from a guy named Vaclav Hovel. Who wrote The Power of the Powerless”
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The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt
“I think Jonathan Haidt's book, The Anxious Generation, has has done a lot towards, you know, kind of educating the the broader populace about that”
Joe Manganiello On Getting Sober, The Mystery Illness That Almost Killed Him & The Trauma We Inherit
Oct 2026 · 5 books
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Bloodlines: A Memoir
Joe Manganiello
“All of which he illustrates with tremendous vulnerability in bloodlines is rather gripping. Newly released memoir now available everywhere”
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The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response
Peter Balakian
“Then you find Peter Belakian's books. The Burning Tigris, which is like a textbook”
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Black Dog of Fate
Peter Balakian
“a memoir about his memories of his grandmother that survived the genocide. And that was a big influence on me”
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Operation Nemesis: The Assassination Plot that Avenged the Armenian Genocide
Eric Bogosian
“Eric Bogosian, who's another, you know, hero of mine, wrote uh took seven years to write Operation Nemesis”
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Tibetan Book of the Dead
Unknown (Traditional)
“I think Reading the Tibetan book of the dead. To my friend in a coma. And having him pass away”
Journalist Anand Giridharadas On The Lost Art Of Empathy, Compassion, & Understanding Each Other
Oct 2026 · 3 books
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Man in the Mirror
Anand Giridharadas
“The author of the new book out tomorrow titled Man in the Mirror”
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Winners Take All
Anand Giridharadas
“And I I sort of you don't necessarily you know this, you don't You don't choose your destination, you just choose your next step. And then the next step and the next step. And after some years, I had just chased each thing and chased each Wim and chase each decision. And I had become not the person. Who tries to understand everybody. I'd become Kind of person who says, That leader's bad. Mm-hmm. These people are good. They should win. They should lose you know. I'm caricaturing it slig”
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Wolfe
“You said Bonfire the Vanities. Which uh you know, Tom Wolf, amazing book. I read it as I was starting this”
Black-ish Creator Kenya Barris On Turning Down A $100 Million Netflix Deal, The Cost of Success & Curiosity As A Superpower With Malcolm Gladwell
Oct 2026 · 2 books
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The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell
“I was a fan of Malcolm and I Tipping point. was out and I think it was like It's like Almost like”
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The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene
“Forty eight laws of power. I'm saying fifty to fifty laws of power”
The Perilous Fight: Colin Kaepernick On The True Costs Of Conviction
Sep 2026
Bryan Johnson & Kate Tolo On Curing Their Incurable Diseases, Addressing The Disparity In Women's Health & The Don't Die Mission
Sep 2026
If I Can, I Will: William Goodge On Running 50 Marathons In 50 States In 24 Days
Sep 2026 · 3 books
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50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days
Dean Karnazes
“We all know Dean Carnazes. Uh is probably the most celebrated person who's done it and he wrote a book about it. I know that book was very influential on you”
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Above the Clouds: How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World
Kilian Jornet
“Killian Journey. Like I remember reading his book, Above the Clouds, is it? And him being like a kid and his mum giving him like 215 milliliters of water”
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Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Finding Myself
Rich Roll
“obviously Fighting Ultra is one of the first books I read alongside Dean's Dean's book”
Life's A Fight. Don’t Let It Break You: Dolph Lundgren On Trauma, Stardom & Cancer
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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Fights Worth Fighting
Dolph Lundgren
“pre-order it on Amazon. Yeah, please, please pre-order it now. We'll have links up in the show notes and in the description below the YouTube video. Thanks. And uh I wish you well, man. Best of luck. I think this is uh this is all gonna be a big success for you, man. Thank you. Yeah, appreciate it. Pleasure. Hopefully we'll do it again. Yeah, I'd love to. Anytime. Yeah. Thanks”
Olympic Medalist Jenny Simpson On Her Sudden Cardiac Arrest After A Race & The Journey Back To Health
Sep 2026
From Drinking Every Morning to Running 340 Miles: Tommie Runz on Recovery, Running & Redemption
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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Finding Ultra
Rich Roll
“Uh found finding ultra”
Hunter Biden Is Out Of Secrets: A Story of Recovery, Exposure & Amends
Aug 2026 · 3 books
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The Daily Stoic
Ryan Holiday
“I have his book, The Daily Stoic, and I use it”
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Bhagavad Gita
Unknown
“whether it's Aldus Huxley or whether it's young or whether it's um You know, the Bhagavad Gita”
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Upanishads
Various ancient authors
“And it's literally the it's it's the it's”
How Hellah Sidibe’s 3,350-Day Run Streak Rebuilt His Mind
Aug 2026 · 4 books
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The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz
“One of the things that helped me with that was the book four agreements”
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You Are the Placebo
Joe Dispenza
“you are the placebo, Joe Despensa, you are the placebo, and you learn I learned about the history of the placebo”
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Think and Grow Rich
Napoleon Hill
“think and grow rich is also a good one. Think and grow rich”
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The Secret
Rhonda Byrne
“The secret, have you heard of that? The secret is so great. I read all the secret secret love”
Mindfulness, Meditation & Performance: Manoj Dias Live At The Rivian Performance House
Aug 2026
Lee Sung Jin On Depression, The Beauty of Anger, & The Spirituality Of Netflix’s ‘Beef’
Aug 2026 · 1 book
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Be Here Now
Ram Dass
“I know 'Cause you've said it that be here now is your favorite is favorite book. Is that true”
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