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SUMMARY:Rainn Wilson
DESCRIPTION:Drawing on his experience as a cultural commentator and advocate for spiritual renewal\, Rainn Wilson closes Chautauqua’s Week Four theme “Wasted: Our Era of Disposability” in conversation\, weaving humor with a sense of moral urgency to discuss how disposability affects not only our environment but also erodes our sense of meaning\, relationships and community.  \nWilson is an Emmy-nominated and SAG Award-winning actor best known for playing Dwight Schrute on NBC’s “The Office.” A longtime environmental activist\, Wilson co-founded Climate Basecamp in 2022. With the organization\, he has been working on climate communications and serves as a member on the advisory board.  \nOn his podcast\, “Soul Boom\,” Wilson hosts a series of intimate conversations with some of the most brilliant and heart-felt artists\, thinkers and doers to bring the listener toward transformation on both a personal and spiritual level. In 2009\, he founded the digital media company Soul Pancake. He is the author of four books including The Bassoon King\, SoulPancake: Chew on Life’s Big Questions\, Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution\, and Soul Boom Workbook: Spiritual Tools for Modern Living.   \nWilson is also known for “Lessons in Chemistry”; the unscripted travel series “Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss”; “Jerry & Marge Go Large”; “Utopia”; Roger Michell’s “Blackbird”; “The Meg”; “Star Trek: Discovery”; “Hesher”; “Super”; “Cooties”; “Juno”; “Galaxy Quest”; and “Almost Famous.” He has an MFA from New York University. On Broadway\, Wilson was in The Tempest” and the Tony nominated “London Assurance.” He performed “Thom Pain (Based on Nothing)” at The Geffen and was the lead role in the political farce “The Doppelganger” at Steppenwolf Theater. \nLater that afternoon\, Wilson will host a Masters Series workshop engaging the Chautauqua community with his journal-style Soul Boom Workbook: Spiritual Tools for Modern Living — based on his New York Times bestselling book and hit podcast Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution.
URL:https://www.chq.org/event/rainn-wilson/
LOCATION:Amphitheater\, Amphitheater
CATEGORIES:Chautauqua Institution Program,Chautauqua Lecture Series,Weekly Themes,Week Four (July 18–25),CHQ Assembly
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