Black Lives Matter

Honoring the Past, Supporting the Present, and Building the Future

Surfer, musician, & action sports host Selema Masekela joins Rich Roll to discuss purpose, passion, storytelling, art, antiracism & social justice in sport.

Powell has become “the face of Black snowboarding.” He does not take that lightly.

It takes some serious stamina to keep up with The Mirnavator! Aka Mirna Valerio, this Vermonter is an outdoors professional when she’s not dividing her day as a

Inspired by Major Taylor, one of history’s great cycling legends, St. Augustine’s University is stepping out of their comfort zone to challenge the cycling stat

“I started to wonder decades later if running for me was the first time that I had ever had facts ascribed to my name. And I wonder if being lied…

“Genius is everywhere.” An unsurprising phrase from someone like Ime Archibong who has had a front row seat to some of the greatest movements in tech over the past two

Panel discussion on mental health as a BIPOC runner in 2020.

As a professional runner, Green has a firsthand view of how our sport needs more diversity at every level.

We started Prokit to amplify and spotlight the voices of powerful storytellers. Whether it’s through the profound or the everyday, the expert or the novice, the famous or the unknown,

Industry leaders have come together to form the Running Industry Diversity Coalition in an effort end systemic racism from the top down.

Rio and Ezrah Lakeshore, running together

Nature is for everybody and, as Rue Mapp from Outdoor Afro can attest, representation matters.

Individuals like Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali and Colin Kaepernick changed society. Can this generation do it by banding together?

Rich Roll talks with Mirna Valerio about her career as a professional ultramarathoner, body inclusion & dismantling racism both outdoors and inside.

“We need to make the same commitment to anti-racism that we do to becoming stronger on the bike.”

A thoughtful exchange on racial justice with cyclists Christopher Blevins and Justin Williams

America, 2020: Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old unarmed black man in Georgia, was murdered in late February by two white men because of the color of his skin while out on

Though he died in obscurity, the turn-of-the-century cyclist had a pioneering career on par with Jesse Owens and Jackie Robinson. A new documentary and a major

Hawi and I got to know each other in the running world. He’s an agent who represents some of the top athletes (his brother and American distance running legend Meb, Olympian Aliphine

Rich Roll discusses Black Lives Matter & the history of racism in America with former USA Swimming National Team member Byron Davis & Pastor Phil Allen, Jr.

In the midst of protests against police brutality and a global pandemic, four-time U.S. Olympian Meb Keflezighi weighs in on racism and running

Why are Black riders so under-represented in the pro peloton?

Mirna Valerio join us again on the show to have a discussion about race & racism in running and how we can lift our voices to combat it.

An abridged version of an IG Live to amplify Black voices in the Running Community in order to illustrate their Black perspective as a runner in these hard time

The first step is understanding some common hurtful misunderstandings or statements people make that display a lack of empathy for a race of people already carr

Do you ever read about racism in the outdoors and think, ‘well, that can’t be right, nature doesn’t see color’? Or maybe you’ve listened to someone recount thei

Olympic medallist says ‘everyone is frustrated’

Being a black cyclist — from promising junior to UCI-license holder to recreational rider as a radiologist and father now — has been fraught with discrimination

Systemic racism can’t be fixed without tackling it within cycling.

28-time USA National Team member and pro trail runner Joe Gray speaks out against racism.

A roundtable of stars at the core of the sport detail their experiences with racism, what it’s like to be Black in America and their hopes and fears for the…

The response to Arbery’s murder highlighted what I already knew: the running world is deeply divided by race, and we must address it

“I used to think that if I qualified for Boston, it would prove that I belonged. But the finish line is always moving for those who are not the gatekeepers.”

Black runners make exhaustive mental checklists, are confronted by suspicious neighbors and fear for their lives when they go out to log miles.

One woman reflects on her own running experiences, and what we can do to help create change within the culture of distance running.

A call to action by Kamilah Journet.

Haute Volée Angel Piccirillo reflects on being a Black female in America.

The consequences of racial bias have found their way into the running community.

Joe Gray is a world champion mountain runner from Colorado Springs, CO. As an African American athlete, he’s a powerful voice of diversity in a pretty homogenou

In this powerful episode, we check in with 11 black women athletes, passing them the mic and holding space for their voices, emotions, stories, and experiences