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Soul Boom

Roy Wood Jr. Solves Racism

Soul Boom

Rainn Wilson

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

4.8610 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Comedian Roy Wood, Jr. (The Daily Show) joins Rainn to explore the fractures in American society, from racism and political division to technology, capitalism, and the myth of unity. Roy reflects on his upbringing in Birmingham, the lessons in resilience and hustle that shaped his path, and why he believes comedy is a spiritual tool for truth-telling. Can America find healing, or is division our destiny? THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! Grow Therapy 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://growtherapy.co/soulboom ZipRecruiter (Try it FREE!) 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ziprecruiter.com/soulboom reMarkable (FREE returns for 100 days!) 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://remarkable.com⁠⁠⁠ Fetzer 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.fetzer.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Soul Boom Workbook (Available NOW!) 👉 https://bit.ly/soulboomworkbook ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⏯️ 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 biggest kind of question facing America is basically I want you to solve racism.

0:05.0

Yeah. You have straddled this line between comedy and journalism, social commentary.

0:14.0

Since the Civil War, our country hasn't been this divided. Anything that seemed sacred 50 years ago is just being demolished right now. People

0:24.1

at each other's throats. From your perspective, what's our way out? I think that...

0:32.6

And also solve racism. We'll have to come back for racism.

0:42.3

Hey there, it's me, Rain Wilson, and I want to dig into the human experience. I want to have conversations about a spiritual revolution.

0:45.3

Let's get deep with our favorite thinkers, friends, and entertainers about life, meaning, and idiocy.

0:52.3

Welcome to the Soul Boom podcast.

1:00.0

I think the mistake this administration is making, man, is that, oh, if we mute all of the voices in the media who speak mean about us, no one will, there will be no place.

1:15.2

Okay.

1:16.4

You say you're going to control the media, but then you also turn around and say that

1:21.3

nobody believes fake news.

1:25.2

So is it fake news?

1:26.3

If it's fake news, Why are you worried about it?

1:27.6

Why are you trying to legislate it?

1:28.8

Why are you bullying it with lawsuits?

1:31.1

That's because there's value to it.

1:33.3

So I think what you eventually have is an administration that still continues to underestimate young journalists in the young minds.

1:45.3

Because all of these outlets that you are trying to silence or,

1:49.2

you better not say nothing mean about me or I will enact a law that will affect your corporation.

1:57.6

Okay, with the demo of most of those places, the people that are young and are going to be in charge of this country, they don't watch those channels.

2:07.0

Not at the rate that you're going to effectively silence them.

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