Cover of Junglekeeper

Book · 2026 · Nature

Junglekeeper

What It Takes to Change the World

by Paul Rosolie · Recommended by 3 people on 3 podcasts

Why people recommend it

Paul Rosolie's memoir and exploration of the Amazon rainforest details harrowing encounters with uncontacted tribes and the high cost of environmental conservation. On The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, Steven Bartlett promoted and praised Paul Rosolie's book at the end of the episode, emphasizing that it reveals what it takes to change the world through the profound power of saying yes to a calling and sticking with a dream despite high costs. Joe Rogan similarly promoted Paul Rosolie's new book at the end of an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, making it available to listeners. Lex Fridman also introduced and recommended Paul Rosolie's new book at the beginning of the Lex Fridman Podcast, urging his audience to pre-order it because it tells intense stories about the author's time in the jungle over the past several years, building up to epic recent events, including an extended encounter with a non-contacted tribe. Podcasters use these gripping narratives to highlight the urgent need for rainforest preservation and the dangerous realities faced by frontline conservationists operating deep within remote Amazonian ecosystems.

Who recommended it

Steven Bartlett — 1 mention
Recommended
“Jungle Keeper, what it takes to change the world. This book is about the profound power of saying yes. Yes to one's calling. Yes to sticking with your dream when it comes at a high cost.”
Joe Rogan — 1 mention
Recommended
“And the book is Jungle Keeper, What It Takes to Change the World, Paul Rosolie. Available now.”
Lex Fridman — 1 mention
Recommended
“He has a new book coming out in a few days titled Jungle Keeper that you should definitely go pre-order now. It tells some intense stories about his time in the jungle over the past several years, building up to a few epic recent events, including a new extended encounter with a non-contacted tribe that we discuss in this podcast.”

Also mentioned in the same episodes

Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
Own book
“So what he was learning, he the the first chapter in this book is called the rarest of species because he's the only unicorn in the Amazon rainforest. He's an indigenous person.”
Own book
“And so I went out on that's what I described in my first book is going out on that's where JJ taught me enough to survive in the jungle. And then I started going out on 10day solos into place.”
Own book
“This is my best way of saying look that that title when they told me to I didn't come up with the subtitle, the what it takes, what does it say? What it takes to change the world. I didn't come up with that”