Ed Helms and the Good Old Days

Soul Boom

Rainn Wilson

Mental Health, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Ed Helms, (The Office, The Hangover) digs into memory, identity, and what it means to truly live in the moment. The two reflect on their years together on The Office, the unexpected emotional impact of a single line from the show's finale, and how chasing success nearly kept them from appreciating the present. Ed opens up about his ADHD diagnosis, his evolving relationship with therapy, and how self-compassion became a necessary survival tool. They also dive into the dangers of social media, the power of vulnerability, and Ed’s deeply personal new book and podcast SNAFU. THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! ⁠⁠⁠Get a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.stamps.com/soulboom⁠⁠⁠. Thanks to Stamps.com for sponsoring the show! Fetzer 👉⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.stamps.com/soulboom⁠⁠⁠Bragg (20% OFF! CODE: SOULBOOM) 👉⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.bragg.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⏯️ SUBSCRIBE!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠👕 MERCH OUT NOW! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📩 SUBSTACK!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FOLLOW US! 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: http://instagram.com/soulboom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👉 TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://tiktok.com/@soulboom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CONTACT US! Sponsor Soul Boom: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Work with Soul Boom: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Send Fan Creations, Questions, Comments: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Executive Produced by: Kartik Chainani Executive Produced by: Ford Bowers, Samah Tokmachi Companion Arts Production Supervisor: Mike O'Brien Theme Music by: Marcos Moscat

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0:00.0	Your incredible line from season nine.
0:03.0	I think about that line all the time.
0:06.0	Yeah. It's like one of the wisest, truest lines in the history of television.
0:11.0	I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.
0:17.0	It is such a poignant reminder to just take stock because this moment might be
0:23.8	some serious good old days. Yeah. Dwight Shrewd versus Andy Bernard. What do you think about that?
0:29.4	You and I were playing like essentially quite toxic characters. But you and I had a ball
0:36.9	doing that. Yeah. But we didn't know a ball doing that.
0:38.9	But we didn't know how rare it was.
0:42.6	That's what has locked in in hindsight.
0:45.6	It just doesn't get better than this.
0:48.0	When we're on the office, we're kind of striving for the next big, great thing.
0:51.5	But now that we're like 10, 12, 15 years out, it's like, I just want that again.
0:56.7	Yeah.
0:57.0	Like, I want to go back to that.
0:58.6	Yeah.
1:00.6	Do I fit into this podcast space somehow?
1:04.0	A washed up TV actor gets his old TV friends on to talk about their mental health
1:08.5	struggles.
1:09.2	Rain.
1:09.5	Those shows are literally the worst.
1:12.3	The worst.
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