Hey there, it's Shimita here. We're taking some time off this week, so we are revisiting an

episode that we loved from the past year. It's a really thoughtful, at time surprising conversation

about finding meaning and joy in life with a very special guest. I hope you enjoy it.

This is in conversation from Apple News. I'm Shemeitha Basu. Today, exploring life's big questions with

Rain Wilson. You probably know him best as this guy.

Whenever I'm about to do something, I think, would an idiot do that?

And if they would, I do not do that thing.

That's the actor Rain Wilson, in his Emmy-nominated role as Dwight Shrute on the hit NBC comedy The Office.

He says that's how people see him as Dwight.

But of course, he's not Dwight, he's rain.

He's a real person who's lived a real life with real struggles. And the one

constant that's helped ground him is spirituality. I love learning about religious faiths. I love reading the Vedantas and the and the Bhagavagita and the writings of the Buddha and the

the Quran and the Bible.

This is not a topic that he takes lightly.

I've thought about going to like divinity school or something like that.

This is not like a hobby or pursuit that's like, oh, this is a fun, quirky little side interest,

kind of like the pickle ball.

He's exploring these themes of spirituality

and soul nourishing in a few ways.

One is his new book called Soul Boom, Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution,

the other a TV show on Peacock called Rain Wilson and the Geography of Bliss, where he travels to different places around the world to learn how different

cultures seek peace and fulfillment.

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