Brant & Sherri Oddcast
Brant Hansen
Brant Hansen is from small-town Illinois, and is a self-professed nerd, diagnosed with Asperger's as an adult. He's a fan of C.S. Lewis and toast. "Producer Sherri", also a radio veteran, is from Pittsburgh, has one of the world's great laughs, and demonstrates incredible patience with Brant. Both are believers in Jesus, but have difficulty fitting in with modern American church culture. Together they have a daily radio show that is syndicated across the country, with segments ranging from the latest animal news, to interactions with listeners, to discussions about how messy life can be, and how good God is. You can find articles written by Brant at branthansen.com, and you can follow him on Twitter: @branthansen
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Nov 11, 2015 • 23min
November 10th Oddcast!
What's Trending, The Myth of Private Sin, An Indy Airport Fan, Compliment Moose, Night to Shine, Listening To People, Girl Scout Cookies Mark-up, Having Joy, Survival School, Unexpected Baby, A Friend With No Sense of Humor, Too Many Almonds, Sponge Bob Helping to Save Lives Quotes: "I love the Indianapolis airport more than the Shirer itself "We've inked an exclusive day with The Compliment Moose" "Kudos to Sherri for reluctantly going through with the Compliment Moose" "Joy is not about having a giddy personality. It's about having hope."
Nov 10, 2015 • 19min
Special Oddcast! The Starbucks Outrage
The Starbucks controversy shows it again: There are two main ways Christians engage the culture, and you can be a hero to your "side" if you choose one way or the other. Brant and Sherri think there's another, harder way...
Nov 6, 2015 • 21min
November 5th Oddcast!
The Conspiracy of "National Days", Religious Beliefs of Millennials, The Decaf Store, Kamikaze Karaoke, Love Obnoxious People Day, Your Job Matters, Our Response to Music, Rejecting Your Thoughts, Listener Uniform Update, Honesty Cafe Quotes: "Most people who are critiquing Christianity are just calling for more and better and purer forms of it" "The cabal of people that create these 'national days' are trying to kill us." "You can't make me use common sense." "You don't have to be committed to your thoughts. Sometimes your thoughts are just junk."
Nov 5, 2015 • 24min
November 4th Oddcast!
Loving Lost People, Calendar Drones, Social Media Stars, How You Pray, Kenny G on a Plane, Listener Uniform Update, Crows' Feet From Your Phone, The Persecuted Church, Babies on the Phone, Football Without Brant, The Compliment Moose Quotes: "I don't deserve the grace God gives me. I don't. So I have to look at other people the way God looks at me." "God is looking for a humble heart, not someone who can do it all on thier own" "Call out to God like a Father that loves you and wants you back and He's gonna listen." "If you don't grow to love our show, you'll at least grown numb to it." "All my friends who are under 4 are going 'phone-free' right now."
Nov 4, 2015 • 24min
November 3rd Oddcast!
Charlie Brown Movie, Tell Them What They Think, God's Opinion of Us, Life Verse, Mime the News, Early Quotes: "All the things Jesus calls us to do together are risky" "I'm worried about them trying to improve the quality of Charlie Brown. Please don't make it better." "The journey never ends with the Bible." "100% of the studies quoted on this show validate what I've already said."
Nov 3, 2015 • 15min
Special Oddcast! Professor Bradly Wright!
Brant talks with Professor Bradley Wright about his experiment involving evangelicals, mainline Protestants, and race. Bradley Wright is a sociologist at the University of Connecticut, where he studies spirituality and well-being. He blogs at brewright.com.
Nov 2, 2015 • 26min
November 2nd Oddcast!
Iron Sharpening Iron, Trick or Treat, Giant Pumpkin on a Van, Dads Are Heroes, I Saw the Light, The Compliment Moose, Staying Connected, Save the Alien Planet, Night Evie, God Wants to be With Us Quotes: "Maybe God wants me to grow up." "Every Dad has a choice: be a hero or be a scoundrel." "You have to let me stand or fall, Sherri. You can't bail me out every time." "Today we have the Compliment Moose, the Encouragement Hippo won't be here till next week."
Oct 29, 2015 • 25min
October 28th Oddcast!
OKC Tragedy, Gratitude, Homemade Candy, Job Success, Sherri's Laugh, Handling Complaints, Star Wars Nerd Fight, The Titanic Cracker, Music (Proof of God's Love), Kamikaze Karaoke, Team Tori, The Honesty Cafe Quotes: "No one wants your homemade candy." "I eat 2 scoops of ice cream-I gain 45 pounds" "Justice doesn't make sense without God" "Music is evidence that God loves us"
Oct 28, 2015 • 22min
October 27th Oddcast!
The Compliment Moose, Being FOR People, Accordion Love, Jesus: Rescuer vs. Teacher, All About Jesus, What's Trending, The Honesty Cafe, Napoleon Dynamite Birthday, Finding Security Quotes: "No other show has a moose giving people compliments." "I want to be FOR people, not antagonized by them." "Rules are nice. They can be good guard rails, but they don't change people's hearts." "We don't have any hope if Jesus didn't rise from the grave" "Falcons sleep with one eye open"
Oct 27, 2015 • 27min
October 26th Oddcast!
Mime Monday, Come Clean with God, No Car Reunion, Slides on a Sunday Morning, In Jesus Name, Prayer, No One Likes Candy Corn, Saeed Abedini, I Saw The Light, New Visitors in Church, Survival School, God Knows Your Worse, Stop Being Defensive, Forgiveness Quotes: "When I mime the Oak Ridge Boys, people get it confused with the Statler Brothers. That's my challenge as a mime" "Some people will go to the wall and not humble themselves before God" "I can come confidently to God as a father, in Jesus name" "No one likes candy corn. The pieces congeal together into a big wax ball with the entire dish at the end"
