Daniele Bolelli: No More Physical Room For Books

Daniele Bolelli is a writer, martial artist, university professor, and podcaster. He was born in Italy and currently lives in Los Angeles. After graduating from UCLA with a B.A. in Anthropology, and earning graduate degrees at UCLA (in American Indian Studies) and CSULB (History), Daniele Bolelli began teaching at several colleges in Southern California. His first solo book, La Tenera Arte del Guerriero, was published when Bolelli was 22 years old. This work, which is a philosophical exploration of the martial arts, went on to become a cult classic in Italy even outside the confines of martial arts circles. Daniele Bolelli next wrote a book about comparative religions that was published in Italy under the title God: Istruzioni per l’Uso di una Religione Fai da Te, and in the United States in 2013 under the title Create Your Own Religion: A How-To Book Without Instructions. Bolelli’s third book, 50 Things You’re Not Supposed To Know: Religion, was published in the United States in 2011. Some of the most influential thinkers to have affected his worldview include Tom Robbins, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ikkyu Sojun, Thomas Paine, Henry David Thoreau, Lao Tzu, and Heraclitus. In October 2012, Daniele Bolelli began his own podcast named The Drunken Taoist Podcast. A little over a month after its debut, The Drunken Taoist Podcast was ranked number 1 in the world in the Philosophy section of iTunes. He followed this by launching a second podcast, entitled History on Fire. Please enjoy my interview with Daniele Bolelli.**