{"podcast":{"title":"Soul Boom","slug":"soul-boom-6838045","podcast_index_feed_id":6838045,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/soulboom","website_url":"https://soulboom.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/782eaaa2-e31f-11ee-9cd3-1f484d26e947/image/fa1fb4227ebe804aa22cf4188a84b1c9.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Rainn Wilson","episode_count":108,"summary":"Soul Boom is a series of intimate conversations hosted by Rainn Wilson exploring meaningful and inspiring topics that tickle the mind, heart and soul. Never too precious, yet unafraid to touch on the profound, we digs into the core of the human experience: creativity, spirituality and psychology. Bringing to the conversation some of the most brilliant and heart-felt artists, thinkers and doers, Soul Boom guides the listener toward transformation on both a personal and societal level. Also, laughs.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T16:19:19.969486+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/soul-boom-6838045"},"episode":{"title":"Gen Z Unpacks Toxic Internet Culture","slug":"gen-z-unpacks-toxic-internet-culture","published_at":"2026-05-07T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/soul-boom-6838045/gen-z-unpacks-toxic-internet-culture","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/soul-boom-6838045","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/claritaspod.com/measure/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LLUOO6821057277.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/claritaspod.com/measure/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LLUOO6821057277.mp3","summary":"Philosophical and optimistic creators of We Love You, Andy Min and Thomas Sullivan, join us for a deep conversation about friendship, existential anxiety, loneliness, nature, spirituality, and what it means to stay hopeful online. We unpack Gen Z culture, the pressure of \"aura,\" the mental health impact of social media, and why human connection may be the antidote to modern isolation. We also get into cringe culture and the battle between Gen Alpha, Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X and...Boomers. SPONSORS! 👇 Proton 👉 (protect your privacy for FREE!) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://proton.me/soulboom⁠ Quince 👉 (free shipping + 365-day returns!) https://quince.com/soulboom Grow Therapy 👉 sessions avg $21 w/ insurance!) https://growtherapy.com/soulboom Tiny Souls 👉 (promo: SOULBOOM20 for 20% OFF!) ⁠https://tinysoulsmedia.com⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⏯️ SUBSCRIBE!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠👕 MERCH OUT NOW! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📩 SUBSTACK!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  FOLLOW US! IG: 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://instagram.com/soulboom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://tiktok.com/@soulboom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  CONTACT US! Sponsor Soul Boom: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠advertise@companionarts.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Work with Soul Boom: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠business@soulboom.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Send Fan Creations, Questions, Comments: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@soulboom.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Executive Produced by: Kartik Chainani Executive Produced…","meta_description":"Philosophical and optimistic creators of We Love You, Andy Min and Thomas Sullivan, join us for a deep conversation about friendship, existential anxiety,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4248,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/soul-boom-6838045/episodes/gen-z-unpacks-toxic-internet-culture/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/soul-boom-6838045/gen-z-unpacks-toxic-internet-culture.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}