Ep. 618 – Love at First Sight: A Mindrolling Anthology Featuring Duncan Trussell
Mindrolling with Raghu Markus
Be Here Now Network
4.7 • 542 Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
This episode of Mindrolling is a collection of some of the best moments from Raghu’s conversations with his podcast guru, the one and only Duncan Trussell.
In this Mindrolling Anthology:
- Clip 1 (Ep. 4): From the very beginning, it was love at first sight. In their first Mindrolling conversation, Duncan and Raghu talk about how they met.
- Clip 2 (Ep. 94): Recorded live at the 2014 “Open Your Heart in Paradise” retreat in Maui, Duncan explores his crippling video game addiction, his early connection to Ram Dass, and a beautiful moment he shared with his mother before she passed away.
- Clip 3 (Ep. 144): From Sartre to Skinner to Gurdjieff, Raghu and Duncan get philosophical about gratitude, ego structures, and premeditated murder. Get your insanity defense ready!
- Clip 4 (Ep. 297): In this conversation about identity, personality, and motivation, Duncan and Raghu invoke the wisdom of Trungpa Rinpoche and his lack of glue when it came to his Trungpa-ness.
- Clip 5 (Ep. 385): Everybody watch out, the mischief man is here. Duncan expresses some of his frustrations with the spiritual path, while Raghu talks about how honest intention allows for transformation.
- Clip 6 (Ep. 518): What is the movie of me? Raghu and Duncan discuss an idea so essential to their ongoing conversation that they wrote a book about it. Just don’t tell Krishna Das!
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About Duncan Trussell:
Duncan Trussell is a stand-up comedian, podcaster, and actor. His popular podcast, The Duncan Trussell Family Hour, has been downloaded over 25 million times and is known for its blend of humor, fringe ideas, eclectic guests, and great interviews. The DTFH is the foundation for Duncan’s Netflix animated series, The Midnight Gospel, which he co-created with Pendleton Ward in 2020. To learn more about Duncan’s work, visit his website at duncantrussell.com.
“When my mom was dying, I said to her, ‘What do you want me to do?’ Something you ask your mom when they’re dying. And she had a spiritual practice, a real spiritual practice; she was very dedicated to it. Every morning, she would wake up and meditate for a long time. And you see, when someone’s dying, holy cow, you see how incredible that practice can be, because the grace with which she left the universe was just stunning. It’s beautiful. I was like, ‘What do you want me to do?’ And she said to me, ‘Expand.’” – Duncan Trussell
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Mind Rolling. |
| 0:11.7 | My name is Noah Marcus. |
| 0:14.0 | I will be your host today as Raghu is off seeking enlightenment. |
| 0:19.2 | For those of you who don't know me, I am Raghu's son. I've been a guest |
| 0:23.0 | on this podcast on several occasions, and it's usually a pretty darn good time. Today, I'm bringing |
| 0:29.1 | you a collection of some of the best moments from Ragu's conversations over the years with |
| 0:34.2 | his personal podcast, Roo, the one and only, Duncan Trussell. |
| 0:39.2 | Duncan is a comedian and podcaster who's appeared on mind-rolling many, many times. |
| 0:44.8 | He always brings a pretty unique perspective to the table, to say the very least. |
| 0:52.4 | So there's six clips that I've pulled for this collection. |
| 0:55.9 | The first clip comes from all the way back in episode four. |
| 0:59.7 | This was Rago and Duncan's very first mind-rolling conversation. |
| 1:03.7 | And as Ragu says, their initial meeting was, well, love at first sight. |
| 1:09.1 | The second clip is from episode 94, which was recorded live at the 2014 Open Your Heart in Paradise Retreat in Maui. |
| 1:17.6 | Duncan shares a lot about his crippling video game addiction, his early connection to rom-daws, |
| 1:23.5 | and he also shares this really beautiful moment that he had with his mother before she passed away. |
| 1:31.9 | Third clip comes from episode 144. |
| 1:35.3 | Ravu and Duncan get a little philosophical about gratitude, ego structures, and premeditated murder. |
| 1:42.1 | It's all in good fun, folks. |
| 1:43.6 | You'll just have to find out for yourself. |
| 1:46.7 | Fourth clip comes from episode 297. |
| 1:50.9 | Duncan and Ragu talk about identity and personality, |
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