Episode · The Rich Roll Podcast · 2025-03-27
Books mentioned on ROLL ON 2025 So Far: Navigating Uncertainty, Getting Unstuck, Elmo, Psychedelics, ‘Adolescence’ & More
Roll On is back baby! Today Rich and Adam Skolnick catch up on the decade that is 2025.
Rich Roll discussed Think Again by Adam Grant and The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. Adam Skolnick discussed Be Here Now by Ram Dass and On Muscle by Bonnie Tsui.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Think Again
Think Again by Adam Grant is a behavioral science book that explores the importance of rethinking assumptions, intellectual humility, and engaging in open-minded dialogue.
Discussed“you and I were talking about Adam Grant the other day his book think again he's got this Paradigm instead of being a prosecutor or a preacher or a politician”
Where to get it
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Be Here Now
Be Here Now by Ram Dass is a seminal 1970s spiritual guide exploring mindfulness, yoga, and Eastern philosophy.
Discussed“well when when bavan do uh you know leads him to neim coroli Baba yeah baman Ban's the guy who not for nothing said be here now not Romas that's how it ended up it's the title of his book”
Where to get it
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The Anxious Generation
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt is an influential examination of how modern smartphone-based childhoods and social media have triggered severe mental health crises among young people.
Discussed“but um but I couldn't stop thinking about the anxious generation when I was watching it I'm not I'm not criticizing because I think it's a groundbreaking piece of work”
Where to get it
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On Muscle
Discussed“yes you know it's interesting because we didn't talk about it but Bonnie's Bonnie Shy's new book coming out on muscle on muscle it's her followup to why we swim another champion of the Pod”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and you know then Michael Poland's book and then his Netflix series um like all these things kept happening and it just became undeniable that this was worthy of of deeper investigation”
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“but um like for instance The Day of the Jackal great novel that's been is getting remade right as a television series well Eddie redm”
“it's her followup to why we swim another champion of the Pod another champion um you you should lift it up the people”
“my books Finding Ultra voicing change in the plant power way as well as the plant power meal planner at meals. rich.com if you'd like to support the podcast”
“my books Finding Ultra voicing change in the plant power way as well as the plant power meal planner at meals. rich.com if you'd like to support the podcast”
“my books Finding Ultra voicing change in the plant power way as well as the plant power meal planner at meals. rich.com if you'd like to support the podcast”