World Wide Web Wednesday- Volume 9

After a significant hiatus, World Wide Web Wednesday returns with..

https://www.richroll.com/ – The Rich Roll Website

In just a few months, life will force me to change the tagline of this website to ‘searching for meaning and surviving his fifties’. As a result, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time reflecting on changes I’ve made in my life and searching for ways to transition gracefully into my sixth decade on this earth. The student is ready and Rich Roll is the teacher that has appeared.

My first introduction to Rich Roll was the cookbook he wrote with his wife – The Plantpower Way. Ms. Boss bought this book to help us adapt a more plant-based diet. While I still have one foot in the omnivore universe, this book has undoubtedly changed the way we eat and has provided us with several good meals. That, however, is not why it was chosen for this weeks link.

To tell the truth, I’m not really much of a podcast aficionado – numerous forays into consuming the genre never seemed to set the hook – but Ms. Boss introduced me to Rich Roll’s podcast and I’ve been a voracious consumer ever since. How voracious? It has replaced NPR as my jam during the almost two hours I commute every day and punk rock when I’m doing chores around the house.

To use Rich’s words the podcast is ‘a weekly aural dance designed to provoke, educate, inspire and empower you to discover, uncover, unlock and unleash your best, most authentic self.’ It does what it sets out to do. The conversations are long-form and cover a wide array of topics. While I can’t always relate to the experience of the people being interviewed, I can relate to some of their struggles. Rare is the episode where I’m not entertained, rarer still is the episode where I’m not edified. I can’t say that about any other podcast I’ve ever listened to

The needle of my life is moving slowly, but I firmly believe it’s headed in the right direction towards a longer and more meaningful life. Thank you to Ms. Boss and Rich Roll for grabbing my attention and making that happen.