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Rainn Wilson's book recommendations
Key facts
- Rainn Wilson has recommended or discussed 8 books on podcasts, as of December 25, 2023.
- Rainn Wilson has talked about books on 4 podcasts, as of December 25, 2023.
- Those books came up in 5 episodes, as of December 25, 2023.
- The 3 books Rainn Wilson has mentioned in the most episodes, not counting Rainn Wilson's own, as of December 25, 2023: The Awakened Brain, 12 Rules for Life and City.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Rainn Wilson aired on December 25, 2023.
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Across 4 podcasts. Every show Rainn Wilson appears on, in one place — not just one.
Rainn Wilson’s most recommended books
- The Awakened Brain by Dr. Lisa Miller
- 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
- City by Clifford D. Simak
- The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
- The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Basho
- The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer
- Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Rainn Wilson is an American actor. He starred as Dwight Schrute on NBC's American adaptation of The Office from 2005 to 2013 and received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for the role. Across multiple podcast interviews, Wilson has recommended and discussed books that explore spirituality, personal growth, and societal change. He recommended Dr. Lisa Miller's The Awakened Brain when discussing data supporting the benefits of religion and spirituality, and he frequently discussed his own book, Soul Boom, noting that it addresses the growing interest in spirituality in response to broken systems and significant modern challenges, while using the television show Kung Fu as a metaphor for spiritual journeys. Furthermore, Wilson cited Michael A. Singer's The Untethered Soul to explain the psychological concept of separating from oneself through meditation, and he mentioned Henry David Thoreau's Walden while discussing transcendentalism and the unexamined life.
Books recommended by Rainn Wilson
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Soul Boom
Soul Boom by Rainn Wilson is an insightful and timely book that explores the urgent need for a spiritual revolution, advocating for the integration of deep spiritual principles into modern culture to solve society's greatest challenges.
Discussed“Let's take the best ideas from that, put it together in a jambalaya, and make our new religion because we which you call soul boom.”
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The Awakened Brain
The Awakened Brain by Dr.
Discussed“And if you have you have you read the work of Dr. Lisa Miller uh the awakened brain? Yeah, I had her on the podcast.”
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12 Rules for Life
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B.
Discussed“You know what, I'll put it up, actually, you know what, I'll put it in front of 'This Book' for a while, you put it in front of Jordan Peterson.”
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City
Discussed“there was a book a science fiction book I read well I used to read the last science fiction it was called City by Clifford DC Mac”
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The Artist's Way
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron is a foundational self-help guide designed to help readers recover their innate creativity and overcome artistic blocks through structured practices like morning pages and artist dates.
Discussed“the author Julia Cameron who wrote the artist's sway she wrote I came to spirituality uh out of necessity not out of virtue”
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches
Matsuo Bashō's classic travelogue and poetry collection chronicles the author's transformative journey on foot through the remote interior regions of feudal Japan.
Discussed“he wrote this book called uh sometimes it's called narrow path to the interior narrow path to the north”
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The Untethered Soul
The Untethered Soul by Michael A.
Discussed“There's that wonderful aspect of meditation where you kind of separate from yourself, you know, as, as, uh, Michael Singer talks about in the untethered soul, you know, you realize,”
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Walden
Walden by Henry David Thoreau is a classic transcendentalist reflection on the value of simplicity, self-reliance, and intentional living in deliberate harmony with nature.
Discussed“Well, it's been a long time since I read Walden Pond am and the night Thoreau spent in jail”
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Books by Rainn Wilson
Appearances
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and really prompted me to write the book Soul Boom because I had one of these key kind of transcendent experiences”
“And this is one of the essential messages of SoulBoom is that we are spiritual beings.”
“And going back to the English Office, it's always like it's so funny to me am in The Bassoon King, the other book there I talk a a little bit about that”
“I talk about this a little bit in my other book The bassoon King I talk about how I left my faith for a long time and went through those years kind of wandering the desert”
“and that's what I hope to do with soul boom Soul boom why we need a spiritual revolution”