About Candid with Callaway - A Laugh Again Podcast
We’re all going through something, and we could all use a laugh! Candid with Callaway is Laugh Again’s conversational podcast featuring a new guest each episode to tell their story and talk about finding joy in Christ through the difficulties we all face.
Host Phil Callaway is a Christian comedian, speaker, radio host, and best-selling author of over 30 books bringing hope and joy through stories, humour, and God’s Word. Join him for good conversations with friends about what’s been bringing them joy and what’s gotten them through the tough stuff.
Hear real stories from real people journeying through grief, doubt, suffering, anxiety, family troubles, and more. Their testimonies, perseverance, and faith will encourage you wherever you are in your walk with Christ, and their joy in the Lord will light up your day! For heartfelt Christian encouragement, stories, and humour, you’re in the right place!
Laugh Again is all about finding hope and joy in Jesus. No matter what you’re going through, pull up a chair at the Callaway Cafe for some candid conversations with Phil and friends!
He Was Raised by an Alcoholic, Then God Spoke Audibly
Pastor Ezra Okoti grew up in Kenya with an alcoholic, abusive father. Through a summer camp and the audible voice of God, his life was forever changed.
In this episode, Ezra (pastor at Northview Community Church) shares how he found a faithful Father in God despite a painful home life. He talks about hearing the gospel at a summer camp, and how God turned his love for airplanes into a love for the Church. In an “Eli and Samuel” moment, God spoke to turn that new dream into a calling.
The conversation is also full of humour, parenting tips, honesty about being an immigrant in Canada, and where ministry has taken Ezra. His inspiring story and wisdom will fill you with hope of what God can do in any situation.
28 Oct 2026
How Andy Steiger Found Jesus: Meaning, Identity, Apologetics
How does someone convinced that life is meaningless end up answering life’s biggest questions for Christ? Andy Steiger shares how God found him and brought meaning and purpose.
Andy Steiger of Apologetics Canada joins Phil Callaway for a warm, wide-ranging conversation about identity, purpose, and his own story growing up in a dysfunctional family and coming to faith. Personal topics also include growing in marriage and becoming the kind of dad he never had. There are plenty of laughs along the way too, including Andy’s monkey story, and a good look at why humour and humility belong in ministry.
Drawing on his books and apologetic work, Andy explores what it means to be human, what God says about who we are, and how Jesus tells us the way to flourish as a human. and how to teach identity in Christ to our kids. They also take on the questions unbelievers ask most, including why there is suffering and how to respond to doubts with a posture of listening rather than just talking.
If you’ve wrestled with questions about faith, grown up in a home that left scars, or want to share Jesus with someone skeptical, this is a conversation for you full of honesty, wisdom, and hope.
14 Oct 2026
How to Face Fear with Biblical Hope: Sarah Griffiths Hu
Where do you go with your fears? Author Sarah Griffiths Hu has battled fear most of her life, and she's found that God is faithful, present, and able.
Sarah joins Phil Callaway for a warm, vulnerable conversation about facing fear and worry with help from Scripture. She shares the story behind her book “Courageous Trust: A Journey of Faith Over Fear”, a book about her own story, told to help women (and men too) who are afraid for their families or for the future. Whatever you’re facing, you are not alone.
Together they talk about whether fear is a sin, what Jesus calls us to instead, and provide some practical biblical help, like prayer, Scripture, thanksgiving, praying the armour of God, and taking worried thoughts captive. Sarah shares a family miracle, how God has used her pain to comfort others, and why she's learned to trade "what if" for "what's next." Despite the heaviness, there are lots of laughs along the way, and the conversation closes with a prayer for anyone who is struggling.
If you’re fearful or worrying about the future or loved ones, you don't have to carry it alone.
30 Sept 2026
He Never Gave Up on His Abusive Father: Mark Wensley's Story
What does it look like to trust God through family wounds, unanswered questions, and seasons of suffering? Phil Callaway sits down with his good friend Mark Wensley for an honest conversation about fatherhood, faith, work, friendship, and hope.
Mark shares about growing up with a violent, alcoholic father, longing for a relationship with him, and the difficult journey of sharing the gospel with him. It wasn't easy, but God was at work powerfully in his dad's life. He also reflects on marriage, parenting, grandparenting, and walking through seasons of his children's suffering, marked by questions, despair, prayer, and a deepening awareness of God’s presence.
Along the way, Mark and Phil talk about the mercy found in Jesus, integrity in business, the friends who help us through dark valleys, and the kind of legacy that points beyond ourselves to what God has done. This is a candid and encouraging conversation about trusting God through brokenness and uncertainty, and finding hope that overflows.
16 Sept 2026
How God Uses Comedy to Heal: Leland Klassen on God’s Calling
How did stand-up comedy become a ministry of healing? God revealed Leland’s calling in a dream, calling him a "healer" and changing his purpose completely.
After years as a clean comedian, Leland came to see that his comedy needed a deeper purpose than just making people laugh. He and Phil talk candidly about comedy as ministry, depression within the comedy world, the power of words, and family life.
This is an honest, encouraging conversation about finding the purpose God's given you and using it to bring life.
16 Sept 2026
Dr. John Neufeld on Losing His Wife: Grief and God's Sovereignty
How does a theologian respond to his own excruciating grief and God's silence? One important biblical truth gave him great comfort in the darkness. A longtime friend of Phil Callaway, Dr. John Neufeld is a world-renowned Bible teacher from Back to the Bible Canada whose beloved wife of 46 years passed away recently. There's nothing funny about losing a spouse, but thankfully, John can still laugh.
He shares openly about the pain of losing her, the struggles and questions that come with profound loss, and what it meant to keep trusting through God’s silence. His theology of God's sovereignty didn't waver, it became his deepest comfort.
This is a tender, honest conversation about grief, God's sovereignty, and the hope of heaven. If you're walking through a dark season, it will bring you real encouragement and light. Even when grief feels too heavy to carry, God carries us.
14 Sept 2026
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We’re all going through something, and we could all use a laugh! Candid with Callaway is Laugh Again’s conversational podcast featuring a new guest each episode to tell their story and talk about finding joy in Christ through the difficulties we all face.
Host Phil Callaway is a Christian comedian, speaker, radio host, and best-selling author of over 30 books bringing hope and joy through stories, humour, and God’s Word. Join him for good conversations with friends about what’s been bringing them joy and what’s gotten them through the tough stuff.
Hear real stories from real people journeying through grief, doubt, suffering, anxiety, family troubles, and more. Their testimonies, perseverance, and faith will encourage you wherever you are in your walk with Christ, and their joy in the Lord will light up your day! For heartfelt Christian encouragement, stories, and humour, you’re in the right place!
Laugh Again is all about finding hope and joy in Jesus. No matter what you’re going through, pull up a chair at the Callaway Cafe for some candid conversations with Phil and friends!
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