Rainn Wilson and Maya on Navigating Change and Identity

About this episode

Maya interviews Rainn Wilson about change, identity, and the stories in her book.

Earlier this year, Maya did a bunch of interviews for the launch of her book, “The Other Side of Change.” Today, we’re sharing one of those conversations, from the podcast “Soul Boom,” with the actor and comedian Rainn Wilson — best known as Dwight from “The Office.” Rainn and Maya talked about the science of language development, her experience creating a job in the Obama White House, Rainn’s personal reflections on faith and meditation, and what led Maya to choose the stories that appeared in her book.  You can listen to the first chapter of “The Other Side of Change” in our episode,  "A Sneak Preview of Maya’s New Book" . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Maya

Guest: Rainn Wilson

Topics covered

• change
• identity
• language development
• faith
• meditation
• storytelling

Keywords

• Rainn Wilson
• Maya
• The Other Side of Change
• language development
• faith
• meditation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Obama White House, Soul Boom, A Slight Change of Plans, Pushkin Industries

Books & works: The Other Side of Change

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