Questlove's Secret to a Spiritual Awakening

Soul Boom

Rainn Wilson

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

4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Questlove (The Roots, Summer of Soul) joins Soul Boom for a deep and vulnerable conversation about creativity, trauma, spirituality, and self-reinvention. He opens up about his struggles with imposter syndrome, the weight of generational trauma, and how the pandemic forced him to rebuild his internal life through breathwork, affirmations, and metaphysical practice. Rainn and Questlove explore the power of boredom, the necessity of soul, and how success without healing can be hollow. THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! Airbnb 👉 ⁠⁠⁠https://airbnb.com/host⁠⁠⁠ BRAGG (20% OFF! CODE: SOULBOOM) 👉 ⁠⁠⁠https://www.bragg.com⁠ Masterclass (at least 15% OFF!) 👉 ⁠https://www.masterclass.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.
0:03.9	Bortem is your best friend.
0:06.4	Silence is your best for it.
0:08.3	You said, like, we're the last generation.
0:10.3	To have known boredom.
0:11.6	Yeah, dog, because that means we have to feel.
0:14.3	We're talking about, like, where does creativity come from?
0:17.7	How do you go from, like, being a little kid prodigy drummer to saying I want to be like
0:23.1	this fountain of creativity? Having an education and a pedigree and working hard and getting up at
0:28.9	five of the morning and work, work, work, none of those things matter. None of those things matter.
0:34.5	I literally had to refigure out creativity I'm I'm 100% right about this.
0:40.3	Okay.
0:41.3	The true lesson is...
0:43.3	Hey there, it's me, Rain Wilson, and I want to dig into the human experience.
0:57.0	I want to have conversations about a spiritual revolution.
1:03.9	Let's get deep with our favorite thinkers, friends, and entertainers about life, meaning, and idiocy.
1:06.6	Welcome to the Soul Boom podcast. I'm so excited to talk to you.
1:14.5	I got the roots.
1:16.5	Do you want more?
1:17.7	95.
1:19.0	Wow.
1:19.4	Jewel case CD living in New York, unemployed theater actor.
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