THE OCEAN HEALED MY RABIES Ft. Rainn Wilson
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What are the initial thoughts on driving in LA during COVID?
I will say it was so much fun driving in L.A. during COVID.
Was it?
Because no one was on the freeway.
That's true.
20 minutes, I'm in Glendale. Hey, now I'm in Long Beach.
God, it must have been so nice.
Yeah.
Bring it back. The traffic in L.A. is truly heinous.
We need a new plague.
Hey everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the Comment Section Show, starring me, your fave, everybody knows me, who cares about me, on to the guests. Today, we have the iconic, the hilarious, the legendary, Rainn Wilson!
Woo! It's me, enough about me, everyone knows me.
That sounds really familiar.
People recently have been calling me, as a compliment, they're like, you don't understand, bro. You're a legend. You're a legend. It's like, I'm not 87. You know what I mean? I'm not ready for my In Memoriam Oscars montage. Writing your obituary already. But legend sounds like I'm old, washed up, like I was in television in the 50s or something.
Like you were Tom Brady or something. Or no, Greg Brady. That's what I'm thinking of.
Greg Brady. Tom Brady.
Who is Rainn Wilson and what is his background?
Different. Different vibes. But thank you so much for coming on the show. It's an honor to have you.
It is.
I'm a huge fan of you.
It is an honor for you to have me.
Imagine if I had no idea who you were. I was like, they tell me you're great. I'm inclined to believe them.
That would be awkward.
That would be really uncomfortable.
I'm thrilled to be here. You're doing amazing stuff. I love the conversations you have. Thank you. You're mixing it up. You're poking the bee's nest. You're making the world a better place. Hopefully. You're pissing some people off along the way and charming a whole lot of others. So I'm here. Thank you. I'm in it to win it.
Thanks. I really like going into that hornet's nest and just kind of kicking shit around.
Just see what happens. I've noticed that.
I love it.
Yeah.
Well, I'm honored to have you. I'm a huge fan of you as a thespian and also as an activist. I know you're a huge activist as well, which I genuinely very much so appreciate. Right on. So I would love to know, obviously I know your lore, but just for those that don't, obviously I'm sure most people know you as Dwight Schrute from The Office, which is a star role for you. But I would love to know what else you got going on outside of acting.
I'm on the comments section. I've made it. Are you kidding me?
And now you can retire and call yourself a legend.
I've achieved legend status. This might get me my star on the Hollywood Boulevard.
Oh, you can cuss. You can cuss all you want.
Oh, I can really?
Absolutely you can. Really? Yeah. I didn't know Spotify allows that. Yeah. Spotify is super cool with it. Okay. I mean, if they weren't, they did a really poor job.
How about this? Fuck you, Spotify.
Well, see, now you're putting my job in jeopardy.
Uh-oh. One of my many. See, I'm pushing the envelope.
Yeah, I see.
What am I working on?
Yes, what you got going on?
I'm kind of joining your world. I've got a new podcast empire I'm building, Soul Boom, based on a book that I wrote and this podcast that's on YouTube and other platforms and whatnot and having... Deep, meaningful, probing, interesting, rebellious, soul-changing, life-changing conversations as being done by a former sitcom actor. So that's weird.
Hey, I mean, I'm a formerly disgraced, fired NFL worker, and now look at me. Yeah, you were telling me about that. Maybe that's the path. Why did they fire you? I mean, I still don't know. Maybe they'll tell me eventually. But yeah, it just didn't work out. They restructured and laid me off after like nine months, nine-ish, ten months.
Wow.
But I was very unhappy working there.
But isn't it great how one door closes, another opens? Absolutely. At the time, you were probably like, oh, devastated.
It was devastating, yeah.
Absolutely. I've had that so much. Do you have time for a story? Can I tell a story?
Please, yeah. Tell as many as you want.
Okay. We're here for you. I'm going to have 15 stories. Here's number one. When I was a young actor, I came out of acting school a couple years later. I was cast in a Broadway show.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What are the initial thoughts on driving in LA during COVID?
0:00–1:14
2
Who is Rainn Wilson and what is his background?
1:14–4:22
3
What challenges did Rainn face in his Broadway career?
4:22–7:00
4
How does Rainn Wilson view his role as an activist?
7:00–7:07
5
How do social media and climate change intersect?
7:07–7:08
6
What insights does Rainn share about climate change activism?
7:08–21:09
7
What advice does Rainn give for inspiring action on climate change?
21:09–1:11:34
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