Super Soul Special: Rainn Wilson: Why Are We Really Here?

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🗓️ 4 September 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Original Air Date: August 29, 2017 Actor Rainn Wilson of “The Office” fame comes with his own list of “Life’s Big Questions.” Rainn reveals his uniquely spiritual upbringing and how it has affected every aspect of his life. Rainn also discusses his meaningful digital platform, “SoulPancake,” which challenges people to be “creative, explore their souls and dig into life’s big questions.” Rainn’s revelations about his beliefs in regard to art and prayer causes Oprah to say, “That made the hairs on my head raise.” Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPods You can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit https://bit.ly/find_OWN

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0:00.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of the most valuable
0:08.3	gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.
0:15.0	Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us
0:21.0	starts right now. I'm delighted to have as my guest today the
0:26.6	funny man and the satirical man that we all love to hate the character
0:31.0	Dwight Schrut from the hit series The Office brought to us so The
0:33.4	Office brought to us so artfully and thoughtfully by Rain Wilson.
0:37.4	Oh, you're too kind.
0:38.4	No, I'm not too kind.
0:40.4	It's true.
0:41.4	So why a funny man Rain Wilson on our Soul series? I'll tell you why two words
0:45.6	Soul Pancake. So, Rain Wilson, what is Soul Pancake? That is an excellent question, Oprah.
0:54.0	I love that I just said that.
0:56.0	That's an excellent question, Oprah.
0:57.0	What a delight to meet you.
0:58.0	Thanks for having me here.
0:59.0	I went to high school here in Chicago.
1:01.0	I love this great city.
1:02.0	I'm not just saying that for the Chicago
1:04.0	office fans. I do. I really love the city. And where did you go to high school?
1:08.0	Nutriere High School on Wanecko, yeah. Wow. And did you have any idea then that this is where you would be?
1:16.0	You know what, I had, well we'll get back to Soul Pancake.
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