Eric Barnhart of the Mindful Moment Podcast

In episode 14 of Podcaster Stories, I sit down with Eric Barnhart, host and founder of Urban Contemplatives and the Mindful Moment podcast.

With a tagline of “creating mindful moments for active lives”, each 15-minute episode features conversations with artists, musicians, writers, scientists, philosophers and others, exploring contemplative practices through an ecumenical Christian lens.

Topics up for discussion this week include:

how Star Wars inspired his love for music, which inspired his eventual careerhow that love for music got him a degree in jazz piano, which led to him working in churches”creating mindful moments for active lives”how he’s met other like-minded folks through this association with the churchwhy divisiveness is a global issue versus a beliefs issuehow Eric’s seen the very best and the very worst of humanity over the last 25 yearshow the podcast came about due to the Covid pandemicwhy allowing yourself to hear your belief is more effective than being told what to believehow he deals with people that are trying to push their own agendahow shared learning through open dialogue is key to a positive communityhow Star Wars fans can be very similar to those with fervent beliefswhy you can have polarizing viewpoints yet still agree on something if it connects with, or moves, youwhy none of us are experts – in life, in religion, in culture, and morewhy we need to stop fretting about the things that don’t really matterhow Western culture still needs to catch up with other cultures when it comes to mindfulnesshow Thomas Merton played such a huge part in Eric’s life and goals with Urban Contemplatives and the Mindful Moment podcasthow true Christianity is about humility and being there for others, no matter whathow Mysticism creates fear in some Christian corners, and why it shouldn’twhere Eric sees the podcast evolving over the next 12 monthswhy good ramen is key to a happy lifehow his love of Jethro Tull helped him learn guitar, even when holding the guitar upside down!how the music industry has paved the way for content creators across all mediums when it comes to distribution and production

Settle back for an enlightening episode where Eric shares what may be the best pathway to peace in our lifetime.

Connect with Eric:

Urban ContemplativesMindful Moment PodcastUrban Contemplatives on Facebook

Contact me: danny@podcasterstories.com

My equipment:

Samson Q2U MicFocusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen Audio InterfaceTRITON AUDIO Fethead In-Line Microphone PreampDenon DJ HP-1100 Over Ear HeadphonesRockJam MS050 Adjustable Mic Suspension BoomDragonpad Pop Filter

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