Heath In Pursuit
Step into a world of curiosity, creativity, and compelling conversations with Heath In Pursuit, the podcast where no topic is off-limits. Hosted by Dr. Heath Hollensbe—an endlessly inquisitive thinker and former pastor turned cultural explorer—the show dives deep into the stories, ideas, and forces shaping our world. With a knack for asking the right questions and a gift for meaningful dialogue, Heath brings a unique mix of wit, warmth, and wisdom to every episode. Whether he’s unpacking the mysteries of human connection, exploring wild philosophical ideas, or sharing poignant reflections on life, Heath keeps listeners hooked with his endearing personality and razor-sharp insight. Join Heath as he interviews a diverse range of guests, from artists and visionaries to misfits and antagonists, offering fresh perspectives and thought-provoking discussions that challenge the status quo. Heath In Pursuit is more than a podcast—it’s a journey into the unknown, designed to entertain, inspire, and ignite your imagination. New episodes launch weekly. Subscribe today and get ready to explore the depths of wonder, the edges of reason, and everything in between.
Episodes
Sep 1, 2025
Sep 1, 2025
28 min
We talk about prayer. Meditation. Fasting. Silence. But rarely do we talk about wonder. And yet, wonder might just be the spiritual practice we’ve been missing all along. The daily discipline of staying awake to the mystery. Of letting yourself be astonished. Of standing before the world with your jaw dropped, your eyes wide, your heart soft. In this episode, we explore what happens when wonder becomes more than a mood—when it becomes a habit. A posture. A way of being human. What if the most sacred thing you can do today is to notice? To ask questions without rushing for answers? To let the world be as strange, beautiful, and untamable as it really is?
Aug 25, 2025
Aug 25, 2025
36 min
You are not small. Inside you is an entire universe. Galaxies of thought. Solar systems of longing. Nebulas of memory and dream. We tend to think of the cosmos as something “out there”—stars burning millions of light-years away. But what if the same wild, creative energy that shaped the stars also shaped you? In this episode, we explore the vast interior space within each of us—the intricate, infinite worlds of mind, heart, and spirit. What might it mean to chart the constellations of your inner landscape? To map the mysteries within? Maybe the journey to the outer edges of the universe begins by looking inward.
Aug 18, 2025
Aug 18, 2025
30 min
Ideas are tricky little creatures. They don’t arrive on schedule. They don’t respond to emails. They show up unannounced—half-dressed, a little tipsy, carrying riddles instead of blueprints. And if you’re not paying attention, they slip right past you.
In this episode, we explore the art of catching ideas—the strange, zany, beautiful process of noticing the flicker, the glimmer, the quick flutter of something trying to be born. What if ideas are alive? What if they choose us as much as we choose them? And what if the best way to catch one isn’t with force, but with curiosity? Gentleness? A well-placed butterfly net made of wonder, play, and the willingness to look a little foolish?
Because the wildest ideas don’t land in spreadsheets. They land in the open palms of the ones who dare to hold out their hands.
Aug 11, 2025
Aug 11, 2025
31 min
Blessed are the weirdos. The square pegs. The outsiders. The ones who never quite fit the mold. The Gospel of the Misfit is about the good news that there’s nothing wrong with you for being different. In fact, your difference might be the very thing the world is starving for. In this episode, we celebrate the beautiful, messy brilliance of the misfit soul—the artists, rebels, dreamers, and edge-dwellers who refuse to color inside the lines. Could it be that the misfits are the prophets? The poets? The ones who keep reminding us that there’s another way to live, to love, to create? This is a blessing for the ones who never belonged… and a reminder that maybe they were never supposed to.
Aug 4, 2025
Aug 4, 2025
28 min
Trees don’t hustle. They don’t compare. They don’t grasp or strive or scroll. They just… be. And in their quiet, rooted presence, they seem to know something we’ve forgotten. In this episode, we lean into the wisdom of the trees—their patience, their stillness, their way of belonging to the earth without apology. What if enlightenment isn’t about transcending life, but sinking more deeply into it? What if spiritual maturity looks a lot less like achievement and a lot more like becoming rooted, grounded, present? Trees have been here far longer than we have. Maybe it’s time we start listening.
Jul 28, 2025
Jul 28, 2025
21 min
The universe is stitched together with stories. Stories about who we are, where we’re from, what matters, and what’s possible. Even the atoms tell a story—of stars that died so we could live. In this episode, we explore the idea that story is not just how we entertain ourselves—it’s how we make meaning. How we survive. How we connect. Every belief, every nation, every family, every identity is wrapped in a narrative. So what happens when we stop to question the stories we’ve been told? Or the ones we tell ourselves? What happens when we choose to write new ones? Because at the end of the day, everything is made of stories.
Jul 21, 2025
Jul 21, 2025
34 min
Normal is a moving target. A slippery word we use to police behavior, silence difference, and shrink ourselves to fit. But what if ‘normal’ is the problem? In this episode, we unpack the myth of normalcy—the invisible scripts that tell us who we’re supposed to be, how we’re supposed to act, and what success is supposed to look like. We ask why we so often trade our wild, glorious weirdness for the comfort of fitting in. What does it cost us to be ‘normal’? And what might it mean to step outside that box entirely? To embrace the strangeness, the softness, the spectacular one-off-ness of being fully, unapologetically human?
Jul 14, 2025
Jul 14, 2025
32 min
What gives a place its spirit?
Some cities hum with life.Others feel hollow.
In The Soul of a City, we explore the invisible forces that shape how places feel—the architecture, the stories, the scars, and the dreams that give a city its pulse. From memory-laden streets to towering skylines, we ask:Why do some places feel alive… and others don’t?
Through conversations with architects, artists, historians, and locals, we uncover what makes a place more than just a place—what makes it home.This is a journey into the spirit of place, where design meets memory, and where brick and mortar meet hope and heartbreak.
Because a city isn’t just buildings.It’s the soul between them.
Jul 7, 2025
Jul 7, 2025
30 min
In a world obsessed with certainty, productivity, and polished perfection, what happens when we make space for the ridiculous, the irrational, the weird, and the wonderfully absurd? This episode is a joyful, spirited defense of clowns, paradoxes, nonsense poems, surreal art, and divine disruption — the sacred mischief-makers who remind us that not everything needs to make sense to matter.
Because sometimes the most important truths come wrapped in riddles.Sometimes the holy shows up in a rubber chicken.Sometimes the medicine we need most wears a red nose and dances like a fool.
Join Heath as he explores why nonsense isn't just silly — it's sacred.Why weird art cracks the shell of our seriousness.And why we need more wild, disruptive, beautiful absurdity to wake us up, shake us up, and remind us how to play again.
Jun 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025
32 min
We’ve been taught to fear the silence.To run from the empty spaces.To cram our calendars, fill the gaps, grab our phones the moment boredom creeps in.
But what if the void—the blank space, the pause, the quiet—isn’t something to avoid?What if it’s the birthplace of everything?The womb of creativity. The spark of insight. The edge where new worlds begin.
In this episode, we explore the paradox of emptiness.Why we resist it.Why we need it.And why the void just might be the most sacred, possibility-packed space of all.








