Episode · The Rich Roll Podcast · 2026-06-01
Books mentioned on Paul Rosolie Met An Uncontacted Tribe & Is Trying To Protect Them: On Preserving The Amazon To Save All Life On Earth
Paul Rosolie is a conservationist, adventurer, and the author of “Junglekeeper.
Rich Roll discussed Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. Paul Rosolie discussed Mother of God by Paul Rosolie and Moneyball by Michael Lewis.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a dark novella detailing a voyage up the Congo River into the African interior, confronting themes of imperialism, moral decay, and human savagery.
Discussed“Um, but it's also like this Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, like you're up river, dude. You know, like, and there are like whatever rules you think there are, like that is out the window.”
Where to get it
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Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy is a harrowing and visceral historical novel that depicts the extreme violence and bleak reality of the American West through the harrowing journey of a runaway teenager known as the kid.
Discussed“Like blood meridian like this is like in this is Yeah. And so when you're face to face with that and they have 6 foot long arrows”
Where to get it
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Mother of God
Mother of God by Paul Rosolie is a vivid memoir chronicling the author's harrowing and transformative adventures deep within the remote, biodiverse wilderness of the Amazon jungle.
Discussed“For some reason, I had the audacity to give her a couple of chapters of this book I wanted to write called Mother of God. And I said, 'Would you please take a look?'”
Where to get it
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Moneyball
Moneyball by Michael Lewis is a groundbreaking book that examines the implementation of mathematical models and analytics in professional sports, specifically focusing on the Oakland A's.
Discussed“But I'm trying to remember what baseball maybe it's Moneyball where they go, you know, at some point they tell you you can't play baseball anymore. Like we all just want to keep playing the game.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Paul Rosley, conservationist, author, filmmaker, and speaker. He is the founder of Jungle Keepers.”
“So the new book I came out with, Jungle Keepers, really the story of all of this from being a kid to now directing this organization called Jungle Keepers.”
“Me and my sister, my parents would read to us. They read us Lord of the Rings and Chronicles of Narnia, Jane Goodall books.”
“Me and my sister, my parents would read to us. They read us Lord of the Rings and Chronicles of Narnia, Jane Goodall books.”
“Jungle Keeper is out. It just became a New York Times bestseller. I you know if you're if you're in school and you want to know what not to do with your life, don't do what I did.”