R&B Singer Miguel on Ego, Resentment & Hip-Hop Culture

Soul Boom

Rainn Wilson

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

4.6 • 720 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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SPONSORS! 👇 reMarkable 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://remarkable.com Miracle Made (promo code: SOULBOOM for 20% OFF!) 👉 ⁠trymiracle.com/SOULBOOM⁠ and use promo code SOULBOOM for an extra 20% OFF and a free 3-piece towel set! Grow Therapy 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://growtherapy.co/SOULBOOM Green Chef (50% OFF + Free Shipping + 20% OFF next 2 boxes!) 👉 https://www.greenchef.com/50soulboom Fetzer 👉 https://www.fetzer.org R&B singer Miguel joins us to unpack soul music, resentment, meditation, and what a real spiritual revolution might look like in a country obsessed with money. They unpack his journey from a Black Mexican kid navigating gangs and religion in Los Angeles to a genre bending artist whose new grunge R&B album confronts fear, guns, ego, and hope. Along the way they explore art as spiritual practice, healing family wounds, and how owning your audience can protect your peace in a chaotic world. Miguel is a Grammy winning R&B singer, songwriter and producer known for his genre bending blend of soul, rock and alternative sounds on albums like Kaleidoscope Dream and Wildheart. Miguel kicking off global CAOS Tour in February 2026. Tickets on sale at https://officialmiguel.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⏯️ 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	The world is moving at a pace where I, in some cases, don't recognize myself.
0:06.0	On this album, there's a song that wrote itself.
0:09.0	You know, like I just, it was like on my chest and I just needed to get it out.
0:14.0	And that's to me the furthest away from where I, 14-year-old me, could have imagined myself.
0:22.2	I don't trust the world.
0:25.8	Do you have a gun?
0:27.3	I do.
0:28.1	I have several.
0:29.7	Hey there, it's me, Rain Wilson, and I want to dig into the human experience.
0:34.2	I want to have conversations about a spiritual revolution.
0:38.6	Let's get deep with our favorite thinkers, friends, and entertainers about life, meaning, and idiocy. Welcome to the
0:45.4	Soul Boom podcast. Hey, folks, time to keep the lights on. Thank you so much to our amazing sponsors. Remarkable,
0:56.7	miracle made, grow therapy, and green chef. More on them later, but check the links on the screen
1:01.2	or in the show notes now for discounts, promo codes, and more. On to the show.
1:05.6	Like, man, to build a character that is so iconic, you know what I mean?
1:11.2	And just like... Go on, Miguel. Go ahead. Keep going. It just means that there's like a lot. There's a lot there that you can... So is it something that you're like, when you do it once, like, do you... You're like, I got that. I'm good. And I wanted... Are you into developing characters? Or it is just so happy. I mean, I would love to do another comedy, but, you know, I don't want to do a mockumentary, number one, because that would be weird. And a lot of people are doing a lot of mockumentaries these days. Do you ever do any acting? Just a little bit and dramatic, only dramatic, on a professional level, only dramatic, like once. Mm-hmm. I did a film called Live By Night with Van Affle.
1:48.1	Like it was... On a professional level, only dramatic, like once. I did a film called Live By Night with Van Affleck.
1:48.1	It was directed by bed.
1:50.7	Zoe Saldaana is in it.
1:52.0	The cast is crazy.
1:53.9	So it was...
1:54.7	I got to check that out.
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