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Rainn Wilson
- 57 minutes 25 secondsWhat Happens When We Die? (w/ Hospice Nurse Julie)
Hospice Nurse Julie sits down with Rainn to completely re-frame how we think about death, dying and what might come next. From the biology of how the body peacefully shuts down to mystical deathbed visions, guardian angel stories and “miracle pancakes,” she shares raw, hopeful and surprisingly funny lessons from years at the bedside. They dive into addiction, spirituality, fear, atheism, pets showing up at the end and how remembering our mortality can actually make life feel more precious and free.
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4 December 2025, 8:00 am - 1 hour 18 minutesPetey USA Finds God In The Gray
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Petey USA unpacks how he sees God as a feeling, why nature heals his fear of death, and how awe became his spirituality. He opens up about performance anxiety, alcohol as self medication, low self worth, and the tiny choices that slowly pulled him out of a “loser wasteland” into music, marriage, and meaning. Petey also performs God Is In The Gray and Don't Tell The Boys live and shares the story behind his new album The Yips and the characters who drink through their pain at a dive bar.
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27 November 2025, 8:00 am - 52 minutes 4 secondsHow to Humanize Your Enemies (w/ Valarie Kaur)
How can we humanize our political "opponents" and stop viewing the world as "them vs. us?" Revolutionary love in practice. Valarie Kaur returns to unpack how we can transform grief into courageous action, and build a bigger we that resists dehumanization while defending democracy. We walk through tools like wonder, grief, listening across difference, and experiments with love on the frontlines and at home.
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13 November 2025, 8:00 am - 56 minutes 49 secondsSpiritual Tools That ACTUALLY Work (w/ Shabnam Mogharabi)
Shabnam Mogharabi (co-author of the Soul Boom Workbook: Spiritual Tools for Modern Living, co-founder of SoulPancake) joins Rainn to unpack their new book and explore awe, beauty, and gratitude, through practical “tools for turbulent times” that scale from the self to community. Shabnam also shares her vulnerable story about suffering, intuition, and why noticing” small needs can spark real change.
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6 November 2025, 8:00 am - 1 hour 44 minutesRoy Wood Jr. Solves Racism
Comedian Roy Wood, Jr. (The Daily Show) joins Rainn to explore the fractures in American society, from racism and political division to technology, capitalism, and the myth of unity. Roy reflects on his upbringing in Birmingham, the lessons in resilience and hustle that shaped his path, and why he believes comedy is a spiritual tool for truth-telling. Can America find healing, or is division our destiny?
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23 October 2025, 7:00 am - 48 minutes 42 secondsMark Ruffalo Takes Faith to Task (Pt. 2)
Part 2! Mark Ruffalo joins us again to talk about marriage as "soul work," raising artists, healing family trauma, and why vulnerability might be the bravest thing a man can practice. He opens up about his father’s Baha’i journey, the sweetness of those early firesides, Standing Rock, and the Lakota lessons that reshaped his activism and hope. Mark Ruffalo is an Oscar-nominated actor, producer, and activist known for Marvel's Avengers, Spotlight, and his decades of environmental and social justice work.
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19 October 2025, 7:00 am - 58 minutes 27 secondsYung Pueblo and the Revolution Within
Yung Pueblo (Diego Perez) explore how inner transformation creates outer change. He and Rainn discuss impermanence, self-love, meditation, and why cultivating inner peace is essential to addressing today’s mental health crisis and global challenges. Yung Pueblo also shares his journey through silent meditation retreats, his new book How to Love Better, and the radical idea that healing ourselves is the first step to healing humanity.
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16 October 2025, 7:00 am - 1 hour 18 minutesMark Ruffalo on the Future of Humanity (Pt. 1)
Mark Ruffalo (AppleTV's Task, Marvel's Avengers) explores how America can find compassion in divided times, the dangers of political violence, and why activism must be rooted in empathy. Ruffalo reflects on losing his brother to gun violence, the climate crisis, and his journey with The Solutions Project, which uplifts frontline communities fighting for change. Together, they ask: how do we move beyond fear, rage, and dehumanization into a future of justice, unity, and imagination?
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9 October 2025, 7:00 am - 1 hour 3 minutesEat, Pray, Toxic Love Addict w/ Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love author) opens up about love, addiction, grief, and spiritual growth. She opens up about her relationship with Raya, the painful lessons of codependency, and why heartbreak can feel as devastating as substance abuse. Together, they explore life as “Earth School,” the healing power of unconditional love, and why telling the truth is often the only way out of life’s deepest traps.
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25 September 2025, 7:00 am - 1 hour 37 minutesEscaping a Cult (w/ Chess Master Danny Rensch)
Danny Rensch stopped being a pawn in his family's cult and broke free to rebuild his life and found Chess.com. He and Rainn unpack what life is like growing up in a cult, the painful process of leaving, and the long journey of healing and reconnecting with his mother. Together they explore resilience, forgiveness, and how meaning can be rebuilt after spiritual manipulation and control.
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18 September 2025, 7:00 am - 1 hour 17 minutesGod Told Lil Rel to 'Get Out'
Comedian Lil Rel Howery (Code 3) joins Rainn to unpack how he got out of grief, panic attacks, and an extremely dark season after the death of his mother. He shares the wild prophecy that named his breakout roles years before they happened, why the Black church shaped his soul and service, and how stand-up became his medicine. They swap stories on Code 3, Get Out, The Carmichael Show, The Office and why comedy deserves the same respect as drama.
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In this episode, we discuss: 00:00 Prophecy Before Fame 01:18 Booking Get Out 03:12 The Cut Ending 04:23 Audition w/ Jordan Peele 05:28 Get Out's Massive Cultural Impact 07:02 Oscars and Stand-Up 07:48 Dwight, Legacy, Gratitude 09:10 Sitcoms Don’t Get Chances 10:50 Where Are The Comedies 11:34 Mentoring Young Creators 12:21 Black Church Community 14:52 Activism Roots, Family 17:12 Have We Lost Soul 18:02 Rereading Faith Anew 19:05 Jesus, Metaphor, Meaning 21:06 Faith, Patience, Peace 25:44 Prophecy After Grief 29:00 A Conversation With Mom 33:09 Panic Attack to Therapy 39:18 Comedy As Real Healing 47:03 Respect For Comedy 55:27 Chicago, Loss, Survival 56:06 What’s Funny Festival 01:01:04 Code Three Truths 01:05:50 Mental Health Scene 01:09:38 Theater Release Matters 01:10:23 Wilder Pryor Energy 01:11:57 Haunted Heist Preview 01:12:15 Lil Rel Defines 'Soul'
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