Mike Birbiglia Redefines The Good Life

Soul Boom

Rainn Wilson

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

4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Comedian Mike Birbiglia (The Good Life on Netflix) opens up about navigating his father’s stroke, his daughter’s spiritual education, and how meeting the Pope shaped his artistry. Along the way, Mike explores mental‑health honesty, delusional optimism in auditions, and why he believes live storytelling is almost sacred. 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! Airbnb 👉 https://airbnb.com/host Masterclass (at least 15% OFF!) 👉 ⁠https://www.masterclass.com/soulboom⁠ Quince (FREE shipping!) 👉 ⁠https://www.quince.com/soulboom ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⏯️ 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	You're listening to So Boo!
0:03.0	I audition for Krasinski's part.
0:05.0	You auditioned for Jim?
0:07.0	Yeah. That's amazing.
0:08.0	Are you grateful in a lot of ways for some of those closed doors?
0:12.0	So much.
0:13.0	I audition for Vee. I audition for the office.
0:16.0	I've auditioned for Kerb.
0:18.0	Because it didn't happen in that way, I created my own things. You have to be a little
0:23.8	delusional for you to convince yourself it's going well when it's not going well. This is a coping
0:31.4	mechanism for me, and I hope it is for you too. I have no expertise in anything else. I can try to
0:37.3	make you laugh about dark,
0:38.7	bizarre things. That's my only trick.
0:46.2	Hey there, it's me, Rain Wilson, and I want to dig into the human experience. I want to have
0:51.2	conversations about a spiritual revolution. Let's get deep with our favorite
0:55.5	thinkers, friends, and entertainers about life, meaning, and idiocy. Welcome to the Soul Boom
1:02.4	podcast. What's funny is, I urge you to come to my show because I knew that we were going to do the podcast.
1:14.1	Yeah.
1:14.2	And I was like, if you don't see the show, it's going to be really hard.
1:17.6	It's going to be hard because thematically, my show and your podcast are pretty similar.
1:21.8	Yeah.
1:22.3	It was amazing seeing your show and realizing why you wanted me to go see it because it was and it really
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