The Rich Roll Podcast
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- 2 hours 1 minuteFrom Death To Life: Dr. Dawn Mussallem On Surviving Cancer Twice, Running A Marathon Post Heart Transplant, & Why Mindset Matters More Than Medicine
Dr. Dawn Mussallem is a Mayo Clinic oncologist who survived stage 4 cancer at 26, heart failure, and a heart transplant—then became the first person to run a marathon within a year of receiving a new heart.
This conversation explores the integrative approach to cancer treatment, why exercise might be as powerful as chemotherapy, the self-flagellation patients feel despite doing everything right, and the profound role of mindset in survival.
Typically, my guests fall into two buckets—incredible story or incredible expertise. I don't know that I've ever had a guest who inhabits both worlds the way Dawn does. Her story is super inspirational, and the information is equally impactful.
Enjoy!
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16 February 2026, 10:00 am - 1 hour 10 minutesAMA: Alex Pretti, Alex Honnold, Peter Attia, & Finding Hope In Dark Times
Roll On is here—and this one has teeth.
Adam and I unpack the tale of two Alexes—Honnold and Pretti—and what that juxtaposition reveals about the best and worst of human nature.
From there: a 9-month surgery milestone (30 lbs down, joy levels up), the Attia-Epstein fallout and the allure of proximity to power, and ICE's authoritarian overreach.
Listener questions round us out: finding hope, perfectionism, escaping burnout, and the sacred practice of showing up for someone else. Enjoy!
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Alex Honnold, the world's most accomplished free solo climber and subject of Oscar-winning Free Solo, just climbed Taipei 101 live on Netflix.
In this special live podcast event—our first with a studio audience—we go behind the spectacle to explore what really happened on that building: the unexpected challenges and the mental shift that transformed pressure into joy. We discuss his training philosophy at 40, his evolving relationship with risk and mortality as a father, and why he challenges our arbitrary definitions of what's "dangerous" vs. "normal."
Along the way, he makes us examine our own relationship with fear, discomfort, and living in alignment with our values.
Alex unites and inspires us all. This conversation illustrates why. Enjoy!
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James Nestor is an acclaimed science journalist and author of the international bestseller "Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art."
This conversation explores why so many of us breathe dysfunctionally—and how it may be connected to chronic ailments. We discuss breathing biomechanics, CO2 tolerance, the link between sleep-disordered breathing and ADHD in children, and practical techniques to optimize how you breathe.
James also walks us through his Stanford experiment, where breathing only through his mouth precipitated sleep apnea within ten days, which completely reversed in 48 hours with nasal breathing.
This one is packed with actionable tools you can implement immediately. Enjoy!
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Bruce Wagner is a novelist, former student of Carlos Castaneda, and author of fifteen books, including his latest, "Amputation."
This conversation explores his use of Hollywood as a laboratory for human behavior, crafting transgressive fiction that skewers the desperate while searching for transcendence. We discuss his decade with Castaneda, writing "Amputation" after the LA fires, the relationship between suffering and art, Buddhist and Sufi wisdom, and why fiction is our most potent vehicle to truth.
He describes inhabiting his most malevolent characters with the same proximity as his saintly ones—because we're all interchangeable, all searching for transcendence.
Bruce is infinitely fascinating, one of the most interesting people I've ever met. Enjoy!
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Dr. Elizabeth Poynor is a gynecologic oncologist, Chair of Women's Health at Atria Health Institute, and host of the podcast “Decoding Women's Health.”
This conversation explores why women's health has been siloed for centuries, modern hormone therapy, the estrogen-brain connection, metabolic shifts, GLP-1s, and what partners need to understand about this transition.
Underneath it all: generations of women have known what the medical literature is only now catching up to.
Elizabeth is a vital voice. I hope this discussion reaches those who need it. Enjoy!
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Brad Stulberg is a bestselling author, executive coach, and one of my favorite thinkers on sustainable high performance.
This conversation explores the dualities in personal development, discipline and self-compassion, striving and surrender, intensity and joy. We discuss the "humble badass" archetype, building resilient identities, why curiosity is the skeleton key, and excellence as an antidote to alienation.
Along the way, Brad gets vulnerable about the childhood wounds that still drive his ambition—and I share my own.
Amidst the chaos of self-help, Brad remains a principled voice of reason. Enjoy!
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Dr. Maya Shankar is a cognitive scientist, host of the podcast “A Slight Change of Plans,” and author of “The Other Side of Change.”
This conversation explores the challenge of navigating involuntary change, whether it's injury, loss, or a future that suddenly collapses. We discuss identity and attachment, the illusion of control, why our brains resist uncertainty, the end of history illusion, rumination, and practical tools to help us see change not as a burden—but as a revelation.
Maya also opens up about her own identity crises, a career-ending injury at 15, and later pregnancy losses that forced her to confront who she was beyond her deepest aspirations.
Change is coming for all of us, whether we like it or not. Maya's goal is to give you the companion you need along the way. Enjoy!
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Dr. Will Bulsiewicz is a gastroenterologist, one of the world's foremost authorities on the gut microbiome, and author of “Plant Powered Plus.”
This conversation explores the gut-immune connection as the root determinant of chronic inflammation—the silent driver behind three out of five deaths. We discuss the four nutritional workhorses, why your microbiome is nocturnal, and what happens when you eat after dark.
Dr. B also opens up about a decade-long estrangement from his father—an unexpected reminder that healing isn't always biological. Sometimes it's emotional.
This is our third exchange together. Our best yet. Enjoy!
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Mark Manson is the author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck and host of the Solved podcast.
Back for his third appearance (eps. 476, 882), we skip the backstory and pull questions from a fishbowl. We discuss vanity goals versus values-aligned goals, why procrastination is really about emotional avoidance, the trap of people-pleasing, how to distinguish intuition from impulse, and the delusion of passive manifestation.
I also share my own shifting perspectives on positive thinking and the dissolution of self.
Mark is the anti-guru. And this conversation is your New Year intervention. Enjoy!
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The finale is here. Let's close this thing out.
Part 2 explores courage, honesty, creativity, relationships, and balance. Bravery. Addiction. Love. Mastery. And why fulfillment doesn't require sacrifice.
It's been fun putting this auditory yearbook together. I hope you found these two episodes uplifting and inspiring.
Thanks for the love and support. This podcast has been an amazing journey. I'm grateful you're on it with me.
Here's to 2026.
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