Brant & Sherri Oddcast
1,205 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsBrant 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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Episodes
1999 -
June 24, 2024 10:30 - 14 minutes - 19.4 MBTopics: “SURE!” Happiness, 36 Pieces of Patio Furniture, Feelings, Shock Jock, Eating Healthy, Love Your Enemies, Rude, Hansen 2038, Summer Bugs, Hotels, Wrong Text Word BONUS CONTENT: Rude Follow-up Quotes: “Active looking out for happiness…” “Once again Jesus is ahead of the curve.” “You have to change your expectations.” “Things are different now. Not bad, just different.”
1999 - SURE!
June 24, 2024 10:30 - 14 minutes - 19.4 MBTopics: “SURE!” Happiness, 36 Pieces of Patio Furniture, Feelings, Shock Jock, Eating Healthy, Love Your Enemies, Rude, Hansen 2038, Summer Bugs, Hotels, Wrong Text Word BONUS CONTENT: Rude Follow-up Quotes: “Active looking out for happiness…” “Once again Jesus is ahead of the curve.” “You have to change your expectations.” “Things are different now. Not bad, just different.”
1998 You Should Have A Lick Of Sense
June 21, 2024 10:30 - 13 minutes - 18.3 MBGoing Viral, Rest From Jesus, Over 30 Restaurant, Always Changing, Money/Relationship, If They Could See You BONUS CONTENT: Over 30 Restaurant Follow-up Quotes: “He’s famous with a small case f.” “Jesus is offering something that everyone is actually looking for.” “We want people to behave and you guys aren’t doing it.” “Everything comes down to what you’re paying attention to.”
1997 The Annual Trampoline Warning
June 20, 2024 10:30 - 13 minutes - 18.4 MBAI Future Yourself, Death Bed Words, Baby Names, Relationships, True Love, Prayer, Brain News BONUS CONTENT: The Men We Need Quotes: “I’m not looking to AI for wisdom.” “No one is naming their baby Judy.” “This doesn’t compute for me.” “Love is wanting the best for someone else and acting on that.” “Keep growing in joy and that joy begins to crowd things out.”
1996 Behind A Paywall
June 19, 2024 10:30 - 14 minutes - 20 MBHGTV/Hospitality, Jesus Not Passive Aggressive, Audio Book, Believer to Disciple, Jesus/Water to Wine, What’s Important, Phones and Addiction BONUS CONTENT: Tony Evans Follow-up/Authority Quotes: “Let your yes be yes and no be no.” “You avoid so many problems by just being honest.” “God gives us more than we deserve.” “It’s all about relationships.” “A smart phone doesn’t necessarily make your life better.”
1995 Forget Magic Kevin
June 18, 2024 12:29 - 16 minutes - 22.6 MBEncouragement, Breakdancing/Olympics, Your Attention, Gratitude, Breaking Animal News, Coffee, 33 Things For Summer BONUS CONTENT: Encouragement Follow-up, The Widow’s Mite Quotes: “Attention is the most basic form of love.” “I have broken. I have danced.” “Please look for awe everyday.” “You’re barking at your food.”
1994 Using Only His Nose
June 14, 2024 10:30 - 13 minutes - 19.1 MBNose Typing, Masterclass, Spirit-Controlled Mind, Controlling People, Shock Jock, Father’s Day BONUS CONTENT: Tony Evans Quotes: “Life has to change.” “Your daughter is not a bonus feature. She’s a soul.” “She’s just as significant.” “Peace comes from intentionally keeping your mind on God.”
1993 They Get A Note
June 13, 2024 12:30 - 14 minutes - 20.4 MBBlame Tweets, Friend Quarterly Review, Shock Jock, Everyday Ethics, Why No Turn Signals, Magnet Fishing BONUS CONTENT: Shock Jock Follow-up, Unoffendable Quotes: “You blame them using words I haven’t thought of yet.” “Everybody’s a doctor.” “Do you tousle your kids' hair to meet the requirements for a roller coaster?” “It’s never occurred to me to fake a limp.”
1992 275 Million Cells
June 12, 2024 10:30 - 13 minutes - 18.2 MBSpirit Controlled Mind, Social Tip, Where’s Your Faith, We’re All Sheep, Isaiah 41:10 BONUS CONTENT: Bonhoeffer and Discipleship Quotes: “We all want peace.” “The emails are encrypted.” “If I let God be my shepherd I will lack nothing.” “Jesus yoke is hard if you try to resist it or do it without humility,”
1991 It’s Not The Ladder, It’s The Looks
June 11, 2024 12:30 - 13 minutes - 18.2 MBEnd of School, On-line Image, Authentically Faithful, Jesus Way of Living, Unknown Talent, A Bird That Falls, Good Looking Guys, Hansen 2038 BONUS CONTENT: Good Looking Guys Follow-up, Jesus & Easy Quotes: “I can individually wiggle my ears on command.” “The biggest hurdle is being invited to a party.” “God is radically gentle.” “I’m trying to lead something here and nobody cares.”
1990 Paid For By The Artificial Sweetener Industry
June 10, 2024 10:30 - 15 minutes - 20.9 MBGriping, Diet Soda, Trust God, Exercise, Covet, Breaking Animal News, Acknowledging God, Costco BONUS CONTENT: Have Me On The Podcast, Celebrity Pastor Return, Speaking Engagement Quotes: “It’s better to live a life of forgiveness.” “I burned a calorie.” “God has got to be your sufficiency.” “Of course God is controversial.”
1989 On Behalf Of Billionaires Everywhere…
June 07, 2024 13:00 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MBDaily Dependence, Loud in Desperation, What Music Does, God In Stuff, Speak Truth, Stress Brag, Titanic BONUS CONTENT: Seinfeld/Masculinity, Speaking Engagements Quotes: “There’s something about an older gentleman that is not needy.” “I’m gonna be more professional.” “You really shouldn’t listen to other podcasts.” “It’s so easy to be right but not loving.”
1988 Brant, You Signed Up For Rugby
June 06, 2024 10:30 - 17 minutes - 24.6 MBWhat Is The Good Life, Rugby/TiKTok, Contentment, National Days BONUS CONTENT: Southwest Middle Seat, The Good Life Follow-up Quotes: “Contentment is removing ‘must have’ desires.” “Mine is less vindictive.” “Everyone was just a big goof.” “God loves THAT guy.”
1987 I’m Glad You Hit Yourself
June 05, 2024 10:30 - 18 minutes - 26 MBGripe Age, Motives, Hansen 2038, Summer Ice Cream, Anger Management, Shock Jock, Bark Air, Shame BONUS CONTENT: Contentment Quotes: “I was in awe in the cereal aisle.” “In what ways am I getting on everyone’s nerves?” “Murmuring is a big waste of time” “Gratitude is so freeing.” “It’s another rage ritual.”
1986 I Think You Could Get Things Started
June 04, 2024 10:30 - 23 minutes - 32.7 MBShock Jock, Breaking Animal News, Hurried, Kids & Careers BONUS CONTENT: Kids & Careers Follow-up Quotes: “Some apologies are gonna be due.” “Everything you do is weird.” "When it comes to life satisfaction it’s all about relationships” “Agitation is a condition of our souls.”
1985 I’ve Been Kind Of Down On The French Lately
June 03, 2024 10:30 - 13 minutes - 18.8 MBStamp/Scratch/Sniff, Prayer, Mr. T, Worst Jobs, Little Artist, The DMV, Contentment, Hansen 2038, Secular Artists Worship, Useful Useless Advice, Long Red Light BONUS CONTENT: Fire Ferguson Quotes: “They smell like a baguette.” “Why don’t I talk to God more?” “I want to throw fish and carrots all over the place.” “Can we just be at peace now?” “I like words in songs that are deeply true.”
1984 Baskerville Is My Dream Font
May 31, 2024 10:30 - 17 minutes - 24.4 MBNot Writing, Dying To Self, Bad Advice, Breaking Animal News BONUS CONTENT: Bad Advice Follow-up Quotes: “My desires don’t have to rule me.” “Everything Jesus tells us is for our own good.” “I’m miserable. Now there’s TWO of us!” “Are you trained to work on a giraffe?”
1983 The Chicken Tower Story
May 30, 2024 10:30 - 17 minutes - 24.3 MBBe Merciful, First Date Red Flags, A Vision For Something Greater, Chew 32 Times, Peace, Our Attention, A Challenge From Harry & The Sharks BONUS CONTENT: Peace Follow-up, First Date Follow-up Quotes: “I can’t match this to that.” “An enterprising person would look it up.” “The first act of love is giving attention.” “That’s not how you win, guys.”
1982 The Beginning Of Butterscotch
May 29, 2024 10:30 - 19 minutes - 26.6 MBLoneliness, McFlurry, Kingdom Of God Is Here, Hollywood Box Office BONUS CONTENT: Dealing With Anxiety, Cannes Ovations Quotes: “People don’t know what to do with their gratitude.” “Why do I have to applaud Kevin Costner’s history?” “Your maker wants to partner with you in your life.”
1981 Maybe not the Doctor or Litter-ature
May 28, 2024 10:30 - 16 minutes - 22.4 MBYour Reputation, Breaking Animal News, Expensive Pineapple, Following Jesus Team Sport, People Open To Jesus, Masterclass, God/Loyalty BONUS CONTENT: Trust God With Your Reputation Quotes: “It better be edible.” “Any pain in your life is temporary.” “People attack when you touch their idol.” “I’m trying to have the discipline of not having the last word.”
1980 Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes Of The Round Table Of The Apes Of Distinction
May 24, 2024 10:30 - 15 minutes - 21.1 MBMasterclass, Human Nature, NPC, Knowledge vs. Wisdom, Pens At Hotel, Shock Jock, Partial Referee, Conversation Skill BONUS CONTENT: Kingdom of the Apes Follow-Up Quotes: “Just keep adding more and more prepositional phrases.” “We don’t lack information, we lack wisdom.” “You can hear them blinking.”
1979 Underrated Rowlf
May 23, 2024 10:30 - 15 minutes - 20.6 MBYour Job, Smart or Good Looking , The Jesus Way To Live, Muppet Hot Take, Walk Briskly, Prayer BONUS CONTENT: Dilemma Street…Not Leaving A Church Family Quotes: “You can reframe any job to make it sound spectacular.” “It’s not the hottest take. It’s warm.” “I’m still waiting for the big promotion.” “Why would I not enlist God in my daily doings?”
1978 If You Don’t Want To Use The Bering Strait…
May 22, 2024 12:00 - 17 minutes - 24.3 MBComplain To God, Psalm 23 In The Morning, Sympathize With Parents, Jesus/Anxiety, Everybody Worships, Russell Brand, Breaking Animal News, Don’t Disappear, Time To Enjoy God, Being Thanked, What You Put Your Mind On, Shock Jock, Don’t Have To Be Your Parents BONUS CONTENT: Letter To Radio Personalities Quotes: “The most life-giving choice is to worship Jesus. You can’t do better.” “The ‘influence’ game is very different with Jesus.” “God uses unexpected people to accomplish hi...
1977 I Can Teach This Horse How To Play Guitar.
May 21, 2024 10:30 - 17 minutes - 24.2 MBHurried, The Origin of Life, Aaronic Blessing BONUS CONTENT: Being Hurried Follow-up Quotes: “Why am I acting impatient with people?” “It’s not a loopy idea that God created the world.” “Blessing your enemies will fundamentally change who you are.” “Here comes this Jezebel.”
1976 You Look At The Pupils, Sherri
May 20, 2024 12:00 - 13 minutes - 19 MBWhat Scared You?, Mercedes Truck, The Kingdom, Breaking Animal News, Psalm 44, MTV Awards, Rich & Anxious, AI Commencement, Humans Have A Problem, Smarter Than The Average American, Why So Much Goodness?, Hansen 2038 BONUS CONTENT: Look At Us Quotes: “It’s a purple blob that still haunts me.” “I was afraid to open a can of biscuits.” “I don’t need to be afraid of anything.” “The kingdom of God is available to everybody.” “God’s beauty is a love letter to us.”
1975 Kiichiro Toyoda
May 17, 2024 10:30 - 14 minutes - 19.3 MBGrace, Gossip, Corporate Shame, Social Tip BONUS CONTENT: Dilemma Street…Homeschool Quotes: “If it’s not going anywhere you can just cut and bail.” “We should breathe in forgiveness.” “It’s very difficult not to be shaped by your peers.” “I’m a big proponent of protecting kids.”
1974 That’s My Turf Of Disability, Sir
May 16, 2024 10:30 - 13 minutes - 19.1 MBAccept Help, Getting Older, Dog Diet, Patience BONUS CONTENT: Getting Older Follow-up, Unoffendable Parenting Quotes: “People generally want to help.” “Aging is cool if I’m growing spiritually.” “We want things to unfold on our timetable.”
1973 It’s An Integer That Does Not Exist
May 15, 2024 10:30 - 14 minutes - 19.5 MBMother’s Day Tribute, Baby Names, Jesus Interruptions, Say True Things, Memorize Scripture, Show PSA, Worst PSA, Love Your Enemies BONUS CONTENT: Buster The Cookie-less Space Mouse Quotes: “It’s helpful to say true things out loud.” “That disciple show is really taken off.” “The truth is good.' “Feelings lie.”
1972 My Skill Set Is Attracting Big Animals By Acting Like A Clown
May 14, 2024 10:30 - 14 minutes - 19.9 MBScooby-Doo, Hansen 2038, Breaking Animal News, Who We Are Becoming, Genius of Jesus, Welcome to the Show, Pet Friends, Trusting God BONUS CONTENT: Pet Friends Follow-up, Kids/Smartphones Quotes: “I gotta make sure I’m paying attention to the right things.” “Everyone uses faith.” “She loves Tom Brady.”
1971 Great Ruler!
May 10, 2024 10:30 - 12 minutes - 17.3 MBMasterclass, Welcome To The Show, Doubts, Shock Jock, Not Fearful, Breaking Animal News, Loud Laugh, Jesus/Rest, Insults, Sound Bath, Air Travel WW1 Quotes: “Sometimes, turn on the audience.” “I’m killing myself with this humor.” “You just dispelled your own fact?” “The people of God can flourish in difficult environments.”
1970 I, Althea
May 08, 2024 10:30 - 16 minutes - 22.2 MBBeing Less Needy, Memory, Peace, Things Happening Around Us, Wildlife Golf, Breaking Animal News, Anxiety, Hansen 2038 BONUS CONTENT: Questions Quotes: “You might want to workshop that.” “Tell God what you need and thank Him for what He’s done.” “I can feel the anxiety leaving my body when I’m thankful” “Everything Jesus tells us is freeing and makes life better.”
1969 It’s More & More Disorder, Chaos and Entropy
May 06, 2024 10:30 - 15 minutes - 20.9 MBAnger & Darkness, National Days, Social Tip BONUS CONTENT: Dilemma Street...Get Married? Quotes: “There’s a much bigger story going on behind the scenes.” “I don’t think Cinnamon crisp exists.” “I think she admires me.” “That’s why people put AirPods in, Brant.”
1968 I Don’t Want To Have This Happen To Bach
May 03, 2024 10:30 - 12 minutes - 17.2 MBFollowing Jesus, No Guilt/Shame, Ringtones, Lasting Joy, Marriage, Death to Self, Slang BONUS CONTENT: Leading Quotes: “Forgiving people can become an instinct.” “Yoking yourself to Jesus will make life more restful.” “We’re the previous generation.”
1967 Croissants & Coffee On The Planet Of The Apes
May 02, 2024 10:30 - 13 minutes - 18.5 MBSmart Phones, God’s Faithfulness, Success, People Person, Moses/Netflix, Breaking Animal News BONUS CONTENT: The Young Men We Need Quotes: “Maybe my adventure is not over yet.” “I can reconsider.” “Recognize you’re a human.” “It’s not guilt, it's an opportunity.”
1966 Arp 142
May 01, 2024 12:00 - 14 minutes - 20.2 MBBreaking Animal News, Hurry, Peace At Home, Pet Average, Addictions, Social Tip, Inside Out, Shock Jock, Civil War Quotes: “There’s a lot of middle school experience that goes into this.” “If it’s news to me it’s news to you.” “I am the media.” “It finally came down to Axe Body Spray.”
1965 Give A Mouse A Cookie
April 30, 2024 10:30 - 13 minutes - 18.9 MBMasterClass, Airline Seats, Golf, Inside The Messiness, God/Loyalty, Doodles, GPS, Choices BONUS CONTENT: Choices Follow-up, GPS Follow-up Quotes: “Sherri is a cloud of confusion” “How fresh does my breath have to be?” “Choice anxiety wears you out.” “Am I a professor in Sociology?”
1964 Let Me Know When You Have A Better Answer
April 26, 2024 10:30 - 14 minutes - 20.1 MBGod & Creation, Elephant In Montana, Summer Road Trips, Moses/Netflix BONUS CONTENT: Praying For Healing Quotes: “I don’t want to gloss over all God’s beauty.” “We want you trapped in your car with us.” “Why can’t we handle the fact that God uses unexpected people?” “God wants us to wrestle with Him.”
1963 The Book Of Swindles
April 25, 2024 10:30 - 18 minutes - 25.1 MBI’m Sorry, Breaking Animal News, Trust God. No Tats Guy BONUS CONTENT: I’m Sorry Follow-up Quotes: “I was wound up over Ephesians 6.” “What are the enemy’s schemes?” “There’s a certain power with humility.”
Special Oddcast! Interview with Luke Smallbone from for King & Country
April 24, 2024 10:30 - 27 minutes - 37.2 MBBrant talks with Luke Smallbone from for King & Country about their new movie “Unsung Hero.”
1961 They Took Maryland Out At The Last Second.
April 23, 2024 10:30 - 16 minutes - 22.9 MBBlue Wire, Shock Jock, Road Rage, Hi-Five, National Days, Disappointment BONUS CONTENT: Dilemma Street…Mandisa and Grief Quotes: “I will admit I have overhyped in the past by accident.” “Am I some kind of hero? I don’t know.” “Stay calm and be ready to move in unison.” “Anger is a fundamental human problem.”
Special Oddcast! Interview with John Mark Comer
April 22, 2024 10:30 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBBrant talks with John Mark Comer about his latest book: Practicing The Way: Be WithJesus. Become Like Him. Do As He Did. Link to the book: https://a.co/d/buewt41 Quotes: “Everybody’s being spiritually formed.” “I’m going to be a tiny bit different at the end of this conversation than I was before.” “So much depends on what we pay attention to.” “Directing our consciousness to the beauty of Christ.”
1959 Trope After Trope
April 19, 2024 11:00 - 22 minutes - 31 MBBrant and Sherri discuss the latest Mark Driscoll controversy and what it says about masculinity. They also talk about Psalm 73. Quotes: “Somebody robbed a store with a snake.” “If you’re not given a vision there’s complete confusion.” “Stay humble, my friend.” “When I entered your sanctuary THEN I understood.” “I marvel at the human DNA sequence.”
1958 Followership Conference Recap
April 18, 2024 10:00 - 27 minutes - 37.2 MBBrant and Sherri review all the wonderful things that took place at the Followership Conference. Quotes “I wanted things that sounded good.” “I can tell something really special is happening here.” “I see your ceramic frog.” “His way of living is easier.”
1957 President Benjamin Harrison
April 12, 2024 10:30 - 13 minutes - 19 MBBoast About God, Kids Throw It Away, Shock Jock, Possums In The White House, Literally Anyone Else, Smiley Face Check, Jesus Joyful, Greed, Our Tongue, what’s Impressive, He’s Our Fortress, Welcome to the Show, Jesus Came for the Sick, Social Tip, Naming Things Better Quotes: “Sinners wanted to be at the party with Jesus.” “This isn’t my Corvette.” “Greed is a sickness.” “Just be weird.”
1956 A Survey From The Johnsonville Sausage Company
April 11, 2024 10:30 - 14 minutes - 19.9 MBAnxiety, Less Anger, I Will Rejoice, Chips Ahoy, A Quasar, Hansen 2038, Parenting BONUS CONTENT: The Narrow Way Quotes: “We’re, by nature, local.” “Everything Jesus tells us is really good for us.” “They’re just as good.”
1955 Rapture In Dallas
April 10, 2024 10:30 - 13 minutes - 18.6 MBInteract With God, Joseph/Trusting God, Love Your Enemies, It Gets Better, Shock Jock, My Eyes Hurt, Eclipse Boring, Shock Jock, Irna the Duck BONUS CONTENT: Google Results Quotes: “This trusting God thing does pay off.” ‘Ultimately we are safe with God.” “You have much reason to be hopeful.” “It’s gonna take some relational work.”
1954 Corresponds To The Chechen Mentality
April 09, 2024 12:06 - 18 minutes - 24.8 MBThe Eclipse, Be of Good Cheer, Hansen 2038, Solitude, Bless People, Only Nautical Songs, Social Tip, T-bone & The Thunderbirds, Elections Stress Disorder, Godzilla/King Kong, Pens BONUS CONTENT: Eclipse Prophecies Quotes: “Andy and I have formed a friendship.” “In the big picture this actually ends well.” “Blessing people changes your day.” “There’s something deeper and better I’m gonna look at.”
1953 YEAL
April 08, 2024 10:30 - 17 minutes - 23.7 MBLove Your Enemies, Overpriced Shoes, The Richest Man BONUS CONTENT: Eyebrows Follow-up Quotes: “We’re to encourage to follow His way.” “What are you doing that the pagans don’t do?” “If you’re rooting for somebody that leaks out.” “Bring all the padding to me.”
1952 Transforming It Into An Ominous, Onyx Eye
April 05, 2024 10:30 - 16 minutes - 22.7 MBLove Your Enemies, The Eclipse, Space Station, Nutmobile, NCAA, Nerdy Kids BONUS CONTENT: The Men We Need, Jesus and Fortnite Quotes: “It’s my hope that someone listening cares about that.” “You’re never more like God than when you’re loving your enemies.” “Not everyone appreciated the information I wanted to give.” “Sometimes we’re the worst to the people closest to us.”
1951 SOUP?!?!
April 04, 2024 10:30 - 20 minutes - 28.3 MBGerms, The God of the Bible, Peace, Americans/Happiness, Below Average BONUS CONTENT: Dr. King Quotes: “How about you get out of my office.” “Doing the same stuff, you’re going to have the same anxiety.” “It’s easier to fool someone than convince them they’ve been fooled.” “I’m being vulnerable.”