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Roll On emerges from the chrysalis—slowly!
Ninety days post-surgery, and I’ve discovered something: the caterpillar can’t become the butterfly unless it inhabits the mind of a tortoise first. Profound? Maybe. True? Absolutely.
Adam Skolnick returns fresh from Alaska’s last frontier, where grizzlies teach you about personal space and freediving means embracing 49-degree reality. He’s a activist, veteran journalist, author of One Breath, and co-author of David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me and Never Finished—a master at capturing the architecture of human endurance.
“I want to serve the audience in a meaningful way. I want to create something that will have the potential to be impactful, not on a surface level, but really on as profound a level as I’m capable of.”
- RICH ROLL
Today, we discuss:
- 90 Days Post-Surgery: The Tortoise Mind Revolution
- Why Every Podcast Looks Like Public Access TV Now
- Alaska’s Grizzly Bears & Wilderness Wisdom
- Movies Are Back: Weapons, F1 & Theater Resurrections
- Community vs. Audience: The Real Differentiator
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