Episode · The Rich Roll Podcast · 2026-10-05
Books mentioned on Journalist Anand Giridharadas On The Lost Art Of Empathy, Compassion, & Understanding Each Other
Anand Giridharadas is a New York Times bestselling author whose new book is Man in the Mirror. This conversation explores the death of Jordan Neely on a New York subway, the story at the center of the book.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Man in the Mirror
Discussed“In an affable mood to grapple with some serious issues, which, you know, your book very much is. You know, Man in the Mirror.”
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe is a celebrated 1980s satirical novel that captures the peak of urban dysfunction, greed, and public life in New York City.
Discussed“It's almost like a Tom Wolf story. It's like bonfire of the inequalities without the satire on some level”
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The Persuaders
Discussed“On some level, it's surprising to hear that you had to be jolted out because it feels somewhat of an extension from persuaders.”
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Other mentions in this episode (11) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Man in the Mirror
“The author of the new book out tomorrow, titled Man in the Mirror. It reports on the case of Jordan Neely.”
Own book Man in the Mirror
“That's a brilliant summary of it. You know, Man in the Mirror is...”
Own book The True American
“I wrote a book about, you know, the Texas book was about a white supremacist and it's a deeply empathetic portrait.”
Own book Winners Take All
“My third book, Winners Take All made a really passionate case against kind of oligarchy in American life.”
Own book The True American
“I mean, I spent a lot of time in Texas for that book, the true American, the notion of why people might want a gun when they live 45 minutes away from a police response.”
Own book The Persuaders
“And I wrote about this in the Persuaders that it's so easy to get caught up on some bad things that are happening right now that you realize like the status of women changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 5,000.”
Own book The Persuaders
“I, I, I wrote about in the Persuaders, I think a lot of the issue with trans rights in this country, you have some mix of outright opposition with actually a much larger number of people who kind of don't really understand what it is still.”
Own book Winners Take All
“I mean, I think one difference, I wrote about Steven Pinker's view a little bit in my book, Winners Take All.”
Own book The Persuaders
“And I say, no, we are in a very dangerous moment of backlash because of the front lash of progress and because now we are in the work, and The Persuaders book was very much about this.”
Own book Winners Take All
“I mean, I spent a lot of time, obviously I wrote about it in Winners Take All, but over the past year, I spent a lot of time working on the Epstein files.”
Own book Winners Take All
“And that grew into my book, Winners Take All.”