Gweek 055: Rainn Wilson's Soul Pancake

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Click here to play this episode. Gweek is a podcast where the editors and friends of Boing Boing talk about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games, TV shows, music, movies, tools, gadgets, apps, and other neat stuff.

My co-hosts for episode 55 are:

Ruben Bolling, the author of the weekly comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug, which premieres each week on Boing Boing,

Michael Pusateri, a lifelong tinkerer and former television tech executive for Disney who blogs at Cruftbox,

and Rainn Wilson, the actor and comedian best known for his role as Dwight Schrute in the hit series The Office. He’s also the founder of a very cool website and YouTube channel called Soul Pancake, which is devoted to discussing life’s big questions in art, philosophy, creativity, and spirituality.

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Here are a few of the things we talked about in this episode:

Screen Shot 2012 06 05 at 4 50 47 PMAn interview with Rainn about Soul Pancake, the Bahá’í Faith, and the Malibu Triathlon.

Uncle scroogeRuben: Uncle Scrooge “Only a Poor Man,” by Carl Barks

NewImageRuben: Wherever I Wind Up, by R.A. Dickey

NewImageRuben: You’re Not Doing It Right, by Michael Ian Black.

bossypants.pngRainn: Bossypants, by Tina Fey

hanging-out.pngRainn: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, by Mindy Kaling

history-of-everything.pngRainn: A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson

7mysteries.pngRainn: The Seven Mysteries of Life, by Guy Murchie

stayed-home.pngMark: I Should Have Stayed Home, by Horace McCoy

gangstagrass.pngMichael: Gangstagrass: Rappalachia

wayne.pngRuben: Fountains of Wayne: Sky Full of Holes

caspar-babypants.pngRainn: Kathleen Edwards
, Rhett Miller
, The Head & the Heart
, Caspar Babypants

unusual-creatures.pngMark: Songs for Unusual Creatures

inner-hive.pngRuben: The Inner Hive

chess.pngRainn: Chess.com