The Laughing Heart

The Laughing Heart with Errol Strider A Palpable God: Spiritual Longing, Human Need, and the Search for a Divine Presence We Can Feel Errol Strider presents and begins unpacking his poem “A Palpable God,” exploring the human desire for a God who feels immediate, intimate, and real amid anxiety, loneliness, financial pressure, depression, unmet desire, stale assumptions, spiritual doubt, and the se...

The Laughing Heart with Errol Strider Never Too Late to Be in the Now Errol Strider, through Barney and a lively cast of inner characters, explores appreciation, awareness, humor, fear, faith, free will, and the present moment, blending poetic observation with playful dialogue and reflective spiritual insight. Barney Steps In and Opens Errol’s Mind In this episode of The Laughing Heart, Barney ste...

The Laughing Heart with Errol Strider Hope, Unity, and the Relationships That Hold the World Together Errol Strider reflects on hope, personal integrity, community, and love as responses to global uncertainty, using poetry, spiritual teaching, recurring characters, and comic dialogue to explore how relationship can heal separation. Hope as the Doorway to Possibility In this episode of The Laughing...

The Laughing Heart with Errol Strider Answers Are Timid: Seeking Spirit Beyond the Visible World Summary An Absurd Question Opens a Serious Inquiry Errol Strader begins with an uncomfortable but deliberately absurd story from 1970s San Francisco, asking listeners how they would respond to a vulnerable man lying on the pavement. The anecdote establishes the program's blend of humor, moral uncertain...

The Laughing Heart with Errol Strider Wholeness, Baggage, and the Comedic Search for What It’s All About Errol Strider Reframes the Journey In this episode of The Laughing Heart, host Errol Strider explains that after a few experimental podcasts, he is shifting toward a more personal format built around insights, discoveries, language, and reflection. After using the song “What’s It All About, Alf...

The Laughing Heart with Errol Strider Money, Matter, and the Sacred Shift From Having to Being Money as Promise, Illusion, and Temptation In this episode of The Laughing Heart, host Errol Strider explores money as both a practical necessity and a psychological illusion. He begins by questioning the familiar phrase that money is the root of all evil, suggesting instead that greed may be the deeper...

The Laughing Heart with Errol Strider Inside, More, Grace, and the Strange Invitation to Come In A Poetic Journey Into the Inner World In this episode of The Laughing Heart, host Errol Strider invites listeners into a reflective program centered on poetry, inwardness, grace, love, and the strange comedy of human consciousness. He says he has several pieces to share from his own journey, each appro...

The Laughing Heart with Errol Strider Fear, Trust, and the Search for a Palpable God A Doorway Into the Current Dilemma In this episode of The Laughing Heart, host Errol Strider opens by describing the show as a doorway into what is essential, absurd, and hopefully enlightening. He frames the episode around what he calls the current dilemma: the breakdown of culture, threats to democracy, divisive...

The Laughing Heart with Errol Strider The Wisdom of Duh, the Obvious, Resistance and Innocence Errol Strider Opens The Laughing Heart In this episode of The Laughing Heart, host Errol Strider explains that the show will take a departure from its usual format by featuring an older episode of Insight Out, The Naked Truth, the radio program he hosted with his longtime partner Rochelle Alicia Strider....

The Laughing Heart with Errol Strider Meeting the Moment: Errol Strider on Human Connection, Complaint, Feelings, and the Art of Being Seen Errol Strider Opens The Laughing Heart In this episode of The Laughing Heart, host Errol Strider explains that his goal is to use art, metaphor, music, parable, and story to reveal the essence of the human condition. He says the program will move through both...

The Laughing Heart with Errol Strider The River of Life: Love, Interconnection, and Moving Beyond the Illusion of Separation Entering the Essential with Errol Strider In this episode of The Laughing Heart, host Errol Strider welcomes listeners into a reflective exploration of the human condition, promising to go deeper into what is essential while maintaining a spirit of enjoyment and creativity....

The Laughing Heart with Errol Strider Connectedness, Meeting, and the Courage to Move Beyond Separation Opening Reflections on How We Really Are In this episode of The Laughing Heart, Errol Strider opens with a gentle reflection on the everyday question, “How are you doing?” He admits that people often ask the question casually, while he does not always answer with complete honesty. From there, he...

The Laughing Heart with Errol Strider The Essence of Motherhood: A Mother’s Day Special on the spiritual dimensions of motherhood, poetry, and the grace of letting go This special episode of The Laughing Heart podcast features a poignant dialogue between Errol Stryder and his spouse, Rochelle, reflecting on the multifaceted journey of motherhood. Through poetry and personal anecdotes, they explore...

The Laughing Heart with Errol Strider Laughing at Self-Judgment: Finding Stillness, Love, and Little Miracles From Self-Judgment to a Lighter Perspective In this episode of The Laughing Heart, Errol and Rochelle Strider introduce the show as a weekly exploration of troubling human experiences that can be transformed through a philosophical, psychological, and spiritual lens. Their focus for this e...

The Laughing Heart with Errol Strider The Art of a Laughing Heart, Navigating 50 Years of Partnership and Marriage In this episode of The Laughing Heart, Errol Strider and his partner Rochelle reflect on their 51-year journey together. They explore how humor, spiritual "willingness," and the release of past images serve as the foundation for a lasting and joyful relationship. Errol and Rochelle em...

The Laughing Heart with Errol Strider Flow Podcast the One - Mastering the Flow and Navigating the Flow This episode of The Laughing Heart explores the metaphorical and spiritual dimensions of "the flow"—a universal movement that carries us when we stop resisting. Host Errol Strider, through poetry and dialogue, examines how aligning with this current transforms our experience of pain, finance, an...

The Laughing Heart with Errol Strider Navigating The Great Puzzle Of Existence, Exploring Life, Love, and Spirit In this inaugural episode of The Laughing Heart, host Arrel Strider explores the intersection of spirituality, theater, and human connection. Through allegorical storytelling and philosophical sketches, the program examines the struggle to find meaning in a fragmented world and the purs...