Someone has an unusual request for Bart that shines a light on how important it is, when you're really committed to showing love and support for others, to change your mind sometimes. In this short episode of Humanize Me, Bart tells the story of what happened. How would you have handled this situation? Can we [...]
What can the art of improvisation teach us about how to life a good life? Holly Laurent met Bart years ago as a college student when both of them were Christians, and now they find each other both living in Los Angeles after 20 years. Holly is an actor, a writer, a teacher and an [...]
Following Sunday's news of one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, Bart Campolo switches on the mic just long enough to reflect on it, on why he attended the Pride parade in Los Angeles hours after hearing the news, and why people have the urge to pray [...]
Here's Bart's interview with a renowned neuroscientist who has a fascinating personal journey and ended up caring deeply about things like the power of compassion and altruism. James Doty is the author of Into The Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart. On this episode [...]
I’ve gotten some wonderful emails lately, but I’m sharing this one because the poem at the end of it really does capture the essence of Humanize Me 106. Thanks for paying attention, Polly, and for sending me such a gem. Hey Bart Just listened to your episode 'Sitting in a Car Contemplating Finitude'. I mean... [...]
What do you do when you're in a Christian marriage, you're deep in church life, and secretly you don't believe in God? Is it worth blowing up your whole life to try to be authentic with people about your lack of belief? Bart has some experience with a not-entirely-unsimilar situation to this listener, who wrote [...]
This week's episode of Humanize Me comes late after Bart was swept away over Mother's Day with a visiting mom-in-law. The episode prompts a brief lesson in forgiveness when Bart realizes the inherent value of asking for, and offering, forgiveness for wrongs. (Bonus tip: it helps us bond as humans, and derives directly from our [...]
On my bike ride to USC, I often use one ear to listen to podcasts while minding traffic with the other. I love plenty of episodes of WTF with Marc Maron, Science Friday, Freakanomics Radio, On Being with Krista Tippett, Beautiful Anonymous with Christ Gerhard, and Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan, but all of them [...]
It sounds like an oxymoron, right? But Ann Neumann's amazing book attempts to address the question of what a 'good' death may look like, and it stems right from her own experiences. It's an American story, and a rich one, and it's totally relevant to the mission Bart Campolo has to cultivate the best life [...]
Instead of interviewing guests, talking about secular goodness or counseling people through decision-making, this short episode of the Humanize Me podcast finds Bart sitting in a rental car in Cincinnati early this morning - April 11th, 2016 - contemplating his own finitude, and feeling the pain of being a mere visitor in a community that [...]