Can humor really heal what logic can't?
In this playful and profound episode, we sit down with performance artist, keynote speaker, and HumorVille founder Barbara Ann Michaels for a conversation about humor as a sacred practice, creativity as alignment, and why play may be one of the most spiritual acts there is.
Barbara’s cards — 6♣️ / 10♣️ — reflect a life centered around ideas, succinct messaging, and shared meaning. She’s spent decades turning knowledge into lived experience through interactive art, public ceremonies, and immersive experiences that help people reconnect with themselves and each other.
Together, they explore how humor restores energy, why failure can be a doorway to belonging, and what happens when we stop trying to “get it right” and start letting life be playful again. Barbara shares stories from HumorVille, clown theater, aging into self-trust, and learning to receive instead of chase.
Time Stamps
0:00 - Barbara’s “Holy Trinity”
2:11 - Creating HumorVille (what and where is it?)
4:18 - Bringing Light to Unacknowledged Relationships
14:56 - Humor as Sacred: Art, Love, and Life
16:02 - The Six of Clubs
17:54 - Clown Theater as Transformation (connecting deeper w/ others)
28:21 - 6 of Clubs Birth Card and 10 of Clubs Personality
42:59 - Navigating the Shadow Side: Unsolicited Advice
54:03 - Helping People Figure Out Their Gifts to Humanity
Connect with Barbara
Barbara’s birthday is November 14th, and she is playing 6♣️ / 10♣️. Rev.
Barbara Ann Michaels, Jester of the Peace is a performance artist, interactive keynote speaker and interfaith minister using humor for humanitarian aims internationally. She founded HumorVille, the Tourist Attraction for Your Heart, the small-town themed immersive experience for self-expression and community connection, currently running in Brooklyn, NY. Barbara stands for humor, art and love as a trifecta of well-being and a life path, and is ordaining other Jesters of the Peace to work for humor and wellness in their own localities through the HumorVille touring project.
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Intro Credits
Photos by Satya Tisman Photography at SoulFire.Studio
Music by Viki Scudiery & David Boyle
