Everything Happens with Kate Bowler cover art

Everything Happens with Kate Bowler

Everything Happens with Kate Bowler

By: Everything Happens Studios
Listen for free

Summary

 Are you living your best life now? Not always? This is a podcast for you. Duke Professor Kate Bowler is an expert in the stories we tell about success and failure, suffering and happiness. She had Stage IV cancer. Then she didn’t. And since then, all she wants to do is talk to funny and wise people about how to live with the knowledge that, well, everything happens. Find her online at @katecbowler. Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/2026 Everything Happens Studios Hygiene & Healthy Living Social Sciences Spirituality
Episodes
  • Listen Again: Everyone’s From Somewhere with Erin & Ben Napier

    Listen Again: Everyone’s From Somewhere with Erin & Ben Napier
    May 12 2026
    Erin and Ben Napier didn’t plan on becoming household names. They were just trying to build a beautiful life in their beloved hometown of Laurel, Mississippi, one house, one neighbor, one Main Street at a time. In this heartwarming conversation, Kate talks to the stars of HGTV’s Home Town about what happens when our plans fall apart and something even better takes root. They reflect on the surprising twists that led from political aspirations and magazine dreams to woodworking, parenting, and a television show that celebrates belonging. Along the way, they explore how creativity is born out of necessity, making a home, building a community, and loving the place where you are. In this episode, they discuss: The ache and joy of making a home in the place that raised you How small acts of community build a life The beauty of third places and why talking to strangers still matters If you liked this episode, you may also like: Angela Williams on The Caring Power of Community Sharon McMahon, Drops Make an Ocean Priya Parker on The Art of Gathering This episode originally aired June 2025.
    Show More Show Less
    32 mins
  • Doubt, Depth, and the Future of Belief with Tomáš Halík

    Doubt, Depth, and the Future of Belief with Tomáš Halík
    Apr 28 2026
    What happens to faith when certainty collapses? Kate Bowler sits down with theologian and former underground priest Tomáš Halík to explore belief forged under surveillance, the spiritual value of doubt, and why going deeper—not louder—might be the only faithful response to a fractured world. Together, they consider silence, suffering, and what it means to remain open to God when clarity is nowhere to be found. SHOW NOTES Watch the live conversation on YouTube Touch the Wounds — Tomáš Halík The Afternoon of Christianity — Tomáš Halík
    Show More Show Less
    43 mins
  • How to Love the World Anyway with Nadia Bolz-Weber and Sarah Bessey

    How to Love the World Anyway with Nadia Bolz-Weber and Sarah Bessey
    Apr 21 2026
    Kate Bowler is joined by Nadia Bolz-Weber and Sarah Bessey for an honest, funny, and deeply tender conversation about what it means to be people of faith right now. When the world feels overwhelming—personally and globally—they explore small acts of love, embodied community, and “cozy faith” as resistance to despair. From knitting circles and prayer shawls to church, doubt, and the stubborn choice to keep loving the world, this episode is about finding hope in ordinary, human ways. SHOW NOTES Tour dates & tickets: katebowler.com/joyfulanyway Watch the live conversation on YouTube Nadia Bolz-Weber Sarah Bessey Evolving Faith Conference & Community Sacred Harp singing Braving the Truth by Rachel Held Evans (edited by Sarah Bessey) Books by Nadia Bolz-Weber — Pastrix, Accidental Saints, Shameless Books by Sarah Bessey — Field Notes for the Wilderness, A Rhythm of Prayer, Jesus Feminist
    Show More Show Less
    51 mins
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_c
All stars
Most relevant
Kate Bowler's wisdom, humour and empathy are such a gift when you're feeling untethered. She's like your most open hearted, supportive friend - the first one you pick up the phone to, when all you want is to be seen.

A tonic for the soul.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.