Gaza, Grief and Growth: Mo Amer on Palestine & Faith

Soul Boom

Rainn Wilson

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

4.6 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Palestinian-American comedian Mo Amer (Mo on Netflix) shares his family’s story through war, displacement, and survival, and speaks candidly about Gaza, generational trauma, and why real dialogue matters more than ever. From the spiritual discipline of patience to the role of comedy in carrying sorrow, this episode is a reminder that hope is not passive, it is practiced. SPONSORS! 👇 Grow Therapy 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://growtherapy.co/soulboom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ZipRecruiter (try it FREE!) 👉 https://www.ziprecruiter.com/soulboom⁠ Quince 👉 https://quince.com/soulboom Fetzer 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.fetzer.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⏯️ SUBSCRIBE!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠👕 MERCH OUT NOW! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📩 SUBSTACK!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FOLLOW US! IG: 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://instagram.com/soulboom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://tiktok.com/@soulboom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CONTACT US! Sponsor Soul Boom: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠advertise@companionarts.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Work with Soul Boom: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠business@soulboom.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Send Fan Creations, Questions, Comments: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@soulboom.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Executive Produced by: Kartik Chainani Executive Produced by: Ford Bowers, Samah Tokmachi Companion Arts Production Supervisor: Mike O'Brien Theme Music by: Marcos Moscat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Being able to have conversations with people that you disagree with.
0:04.0	We've kind of lost that ability.
0:05.0	We've lost that ability.
0:06.0	It's either, it's actually both extremes.
0:09.0	Yeah.
0:10.0	So I kind of don't associate with either.
0:11.0	I'm like, hey, I'm in the middle.
0:12.0	I want to hear both arguments.
0:14.0	Because once you stop having it, that's the biggest problem.
0:28.0	Hey there, it's me, Rain Wilson, and I want to dig into the human experience.
0:31.1	I want to have conversations about a spiritual revolution.
0:38.0	Let's get deep with our favorite thinkers, friends, and entertainers about life, meaning, and idiocy.
0:40.7	Welcome to the Soul Boom podcast.
0:48.9	Mo, I discovered you. I love you.
0:50.0	You did discover me.
0:51.5	100%. People need to know this.
0:52.7	You 100% discovered me.
0:54.1	Did anyone want to pitch a Mo Ammer tv show before this guy no not anyone right we it was
1:00.6	2015 100% and it's still an awesome idea of me it was about specific the middle east that's
1:08.3	what it was right but i think we wanted to do like one season in the Middle East, but then you go through Africa,
1:12.6	and then you go through Asia. Exactly. And we filmed a little pilot situation in Tunisia. Oh, that's where you were in Tunisia. Yeah, you had that, you had them film a little sizzle. Yeah, we filmed a little sizzle in Tunisia, which is still great. The idea was that we go there, we eat the cuisine,
1:26.6	we learn about it, and then I go do stand-up
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