Episode · The Rich Roll Podcast · 2026-10-12
Books mentioned on Joe Manganiello On Getting Sober, The Mystery Illness That Almost Killed Him & The Trauma We Inherit
Joe Manganiello is an actor (True Blood, Magic Mike, One Piece) and author of Bloodlines. This conversation explores his odyssey of pain and suffering, self-discovery, and ultimately spiritual transformation – from a near-fatal illness to a family history that upended what he thought he knew.
Rich Roll discussed Bloodlines by Joe Manganiello. Joe Manganiello recommended The Burning Tigris by Peter Balakian and Black Dog of Fate by Peter Balakian, and discussed Operation Nemesis by Eric Bogosian.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Bloodlines
Discussed“Um, and this is the essence of Blood Lunger book. Like, it's a memoir, but it's really this odyssey like experience of navigating this disease and trying to find a way to heal yourself, not just in body, but in mind and spirit.”
Where to get it
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The Burning Tigris
Recommended“Then you find Peter Bolakian's books, The Burning Tigris, which is like a textbook, and then you find the Black Dog of Fate, which is a a memoir about his memories of his grandmother that survived the genocide. And that was a big influence on me.”
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Black Dog of Fate
Recommended“Then you find Peter Bolakian's books, The Burning Tigris, which is like a textbook, and then you find the Black Dog of Fate, which is a a memoir about his memories of his grandmother that survived the genocide. And that was a big influence on me. That's probably my favorite memoir is Black Dog of Fate.”
Where to get it
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Operation Nemesis
Discussed“Now since like Eric Bosian who's another you know hero of mine wrote took seven years to write Operation Nemesis which was about the attempts by the Armenians after the war to kill all of the Turkish government officials who were responsible for the genocide”
Where to get it
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Plugged Bloodlines
“All of which he illustrates with tremendous vulnerability in Bloodlines. His rather gripping newly released memoir now available everywhere.”