Brant & Sherri Oddcast

Gifts At Works, Grandma Gift Stalling Tactics, Our Christmas Party Video, The Easy Bake Oven Disappointment , Brant Stocking Shopping, Christmas Eve Traditions, Saeed Abedini Quotes: "Let's salute the customer service people on Christmas Eve" "Yes to the ceramic hippo" "I have the spiritual gift of accepting gifts" "Some people are like 'Elf' evangelists"

The Most Awesome Toy, A Profound Christmas Thought, Saeed Abedini, Survival School, If You're a Mess..., Mad Because You Haven't Seen It, The Year of Outrage, Training Yourself to Love, Brant's Christmas Shopping Quotes: "I've taken a survey of my self and it's unanimous." "Electric football is the greatest toy ever" "It's hard for us to wrap our heads around how profound Christmas is." "I should have been born in the time where there were human size penguins" "I'm gonna punch the polar bear in the stomach and then in the face."

Saeed Abedini, The Unforgettable Gift, Give Us A Chance, The Most Searched For Scripture in 2014, Brant Solving Holiday Conflicts, Brant's US News & World Report Article Quotes: "People called for my departure from this earth in various ways" "Your advice is quick and questionable." "Two Words: Bidding War" "People start out hating me and I hope to get them to at least neutral" "The number one section of scripture that people were looking for begins with 'don't be anxious'"

Saeed Abedini Paper Christmas Tree, Traveling People Tubes, The "Get Out" Christmas Ballad, The Joke Lab, Advice Goats, Sick Dog Quotes: "At the gas pump I fear utter humiliation" "The essence of ministry is serving and that means being unoffendable." "6 elves and crash their sleigh into the DMV..." "We may have to leave this up to THEY"

Bad Hair News, Exodus Movie Suggestion, Edible Christmas Decorations, Anxiety, Caroling with Brant, Eric Metaxas, Sport Man Purse, Give Us A Chance, Far As the Curse is Found Quotes: "Maybe for the next 'Bible Movie' get a producer or director that really likes God" "I thought my hair would go to a farm where it could play" "He comes to make His blessing flow, far as the curse is found." "People are taking my advice. Everyone is not mocking." "The word 'sport' on a bag means it's not a purse."

Brant talks about "Miracles" with the book's author, Eric Metaxas.

Saeed Abedini Letter, Brant Solves Holiday Conflict, Welcome Misfit, Tim Tebow Hospital, You are Welcome Here, Time People of the Year, Social Tips From Brant, People Believe Quotes: "Jesus was born into a place with filth around...it's not a subtle message" "The key to media is not listening" "Lauren's mom is right." "The similarities between be and Tim Tebow never end."

New Pizza Ideas, The Atlas Gift, They Wish it Were True, Sony Email Leaks and Morality, Save the Alien Planet, Fantasy Football Apology, "Heads": The New Sport, Prayer, Social Tips from Brant, Being Socially Awkward Quotes: "I've whined a lot about it" "People are yearning for everything the Bible says about Jesus to be true" "I think the movie Interstellar is still going on...I had to leave the theater" "Until the robots come. Please come."

Changing Diapers and God, Impossibility of Gift Wrapping, Advice Goats, Too Many Kids?, Love God/Love People, Holiday Eating Issues, New to the Show, Impulse Buying, Not Kids in College . Quotes: "I wish people didn't experience white hot rage before actually liking this show" "This whole Christmas thing is incredible news. God still wants us." "Target knows how to get ya." "My ideas are always shut down because of germs" "No other radio show has a team of Advice Goats." "Why do they make two flavor gum? Just pick one." "It's literally impossible for a man to wrap gifts."

The Penguin Video, Holiday Conflict, Not a Good Person, Changes in a Guy's Personality, What You Want for Christmas by Your Voice, Righteous Anger, Brant's Favorite Things, Generosity at Trader Joe's, Hawaii Wins, Deserving Brant Quotes: "Congratulations Hawaii you win everything" "The fellas and I work in the streets on manly motors on big motorcycles" "We all look like Cha Chi" "God can be trusted with anger. I can't be."

Kindness, Esther vs. LotR, Men What Puppets, Brant Solves Holiday Conflicts, Welcome to the Show, Rules of the Show, Giving Gift Cards, Being Generous, Save the Alien Planet, Not Getting Your Kids Everything Quotes: "A lot of people say 'Brant you're crazy.' You're wong." "Someone giving you a gift card for Christmas is a white flag that the relationship is over." "All men want puppets for Christmas." "There are a lot of similarities between the book of Esther and Lord of the Rings." "Radical Kindness for those who test your patience is counter cultural"

The Unexpected Gift, Rudolph Movie, Frosty the Snowman Movie, Family for Christmas, Kindness, Asperger's and Social Skills, It's A Wonderful Life, Flight Annoyance, Talking on a Flight, The Unsubtle Message of the Christmas Story, I Didn't "Reach" You, Not "Feeling" God, "Get Out" Christmas Song, Dog Gifts Quotes: "Nothing says Christmas like "Get Out"" "I implore you to reconsider Frosty the Snowman" "How can we get Brant into your social skills class? "The word Kindness describes the willingness to look out for the welfare of those that are taxing your patience."

Topics: Everyone Is Judgmental, Holiday Conflict, Grace, 1st Year of Marriage, Brant's Sad Christmas Song, The Travel Prayer, Jesus is a Healer, Is It Good News, God's Testing, Survival School. Holiday Safe Place, If Your Life is a Mess, Mary DID Know Quotes: "The whole world is judgmental, not just religious people." "Our reactions to things say a lot more about us than the thing." "No waffles for anybody because we can't handle it." "Mary DID know. The angel told her a while ago."

The Christmas Shoves (Not a Typo), Save the Alien Planet, Being Busy, Marvel at the Germs, Brant Solves Holiday Conflict, Movies: Interstellar and Exodus, Not Having It All Figured Out Quotes: "Busyness is a sickness" "You're a lot less busy when you don't have to prove yourself to anybody." "There are 10 million different microorganisms on the typical keyboard. It's a complex city." "I know this: Jesus loves me and He loves you. Beyond that, I'll just sit and listen"

Topics: Gingerbread Coffee, Camping Out at Best Buy, Flying Robot Waiters, Fox News Shredding, God Wants You, The Least That Dogs Can Do, Wolfgang Wombat Song, Holiday Smoothness Tips, Humility, Relationships Are Hard Work, Mr. Squeaky Boots Producer Sherri's Fave Quotes: "I'm gonna get ripped to shreds." "Tis the season to be disgusted." "God wants us to love Him for Him." "Wearing fake antlers is the least dogs can do for us." "You may think He doesn't, but God wants you back." "I'm Brant, the Squeakyboot guy."

Crackling Fire, Proud vs. Humble, Brant's Dating Tip, God Is Not Safe But He's Good, Kids Growing Up, Brant's Holiday Conflict Resolution, Adjusting Expectations, Control Freak Knock Knock, The Get Out Christmas Song, Unity, Disappearing Laundry Quotes: "Hey where's my half mesh shirt?" "We like to focus on who Jesus actually is" "The coffee mugs are melting" "If you want to convince people who need God, it's through unity"

Interview with Chris Williamson, who functions as pastor for Strong Tower Bible Church in Nashville. We talk about the crying need for mutli-racial churches, and for unity in the body of Christ. And we talk about the challenges of speaking to groups who have completely different backgrounds and expectations.

Young Adults Leaving Church, A "December to Remember", Listening to People, Deal Breaker, Not Having To Persuade Everyone, Save the Alien Planet, Scroll on the Plane, Saeed Abedini, Burger King Chicken Fries Quotes: "Jesus said if He's lifted up, He'd draw people to Him. It has to be HIM lifted up, not us." "He left his 13 century Chinese scroll in the back chair pocket on the plane." "The planet will blow up right in time for Christmas"

Puppets and Robots, The Christmas Story Isn't Subtle, Woman Judging Other Women, Brant Solves Holiday Conflicts, 3 Things That Will Freak People Out, Being Content, Not Being Busy, Working Remotely, Kamikaze Karaoke Producer Sherri's Fave Quotes: "What is Star Wars? Puppets and Robots." "The key to conflict resolution is not listening." "Hot pretzels with friends sounds nice and I don't have either." "Jesus entry on the earth is told first to shepherds, and his last moment on the earth is with a lonely thief. It's not a subtle theme." "You want to freak people out? Be content, stop being busy, and forgive."

Topics: Best Christmas Story, A Generosity App, Weight Shock Bracelet, Holiday Safe Place, The Voting Sticker, Uptight Christians, Texting on the Movie, Christmas Gift Help, Private Sin Quotes: "Sherri, why don't you just move back to Communist Russia?" "I still wear my voting sticker because I still voted." "We're always trying to move up. The Christmas story is about God moving down to us." "This is a safe but jocular place" "Jesus is scandalously graceful"

The Church Money Experiment, I Am the Pet Peeve, Jesus Is Relevant, Sword Fight of Knowledge, Thankfulness, Loneliness, Nerd Cred Quotes: "With your money think 'How can I have fun and be generous to people in a radical way?'" "All I've ever wanted is for people to say 'Ok Brant, you win'" "Expecting your spouse to be everything to you, is way too much to put on one person" "Jesus understands loneliness." "Some people are hostile towards the accordion"

Black Friday Shopping, The Illness of Busyness, Nerd Cred, Sad Church, Gratitude, Brant's Boots, Alien Planet, Religious People, The Great Dental Person Quotes: "Someone said busyness is an illness of the spirit." "I wouldn't take that from Sherri if I were you." "Some people are posing as nerds, but they're not!" "Any rap that starts with Thorin Oakenshield...quality!!" "I wish I was in Victorian England. I hate this century."

Brant and Sherri talk about what it means to be a follower of Jesus in a racially divided American - and church - culture.

Sports Talk, Toughen Up for the Weather, Looking for FB Friends, God's Will, Personal Lowest Sports Moments, God Uses Our Weaknesses, The Holiday Safe Place, Dentist Talk, Gratitude, Talkin' Smack Quotes: "I want to be a part of football fellowship" "We're just as good as the other shows" "God is always after your heart" "We'll put a bust up of your head on a pillar" "You do not want to mess with The Christmas Shoes People"

Searching for the Perfect Parking Spot, Out of the Way Gas Prices, If Jesus Had a Blog, Jesus & Success, Smoothness Tips, Answering the Hard Question, Give Up Makeup?, Dueling Shows, Thanksgiving LotR Ideas, Best Joke Ever, Another Good Joke, Saeed Abedini Quotes: "There may be some poison involved, but other than that you should be fine..." "I want people to see God not us" "Before we put 90 miles on the car for meatballs, let's just be honest and say we want to go to IKEA." "In 4 months from now, all your eyebrow hairs will be replaced by new ones." "That's why it's so deeply hilarious"

Alone Time With God, Social Media & Love, Thanksgiving Day Joke, Franklin Graham, Give Up, Knowing People Through FB, Holiday Safe Place, Grace, Rules, Over-tipping the Waiter/Waitress, You're Welcome Here, Grace...but... Quotes: "Pop culture ad social media are all about love, but they can't provide it" "You railroaded my joke" "We're sitting on folding chairs in the basement of someone's church" "You are living as a Medieval King when you're at a restaurant"

Men and Household Chores, How God's Economy Works, God and the Least of These, Questions For Pets, Worry and Weight, The Trumpets of Probability, Moms Worrying, NYT Watches, Same Suit Guy, Fantasy Football Apologies, Chocolate Blame Quotes: "Too many rats spoil the broth..." "If you got little kids in the house and your overwhelmed you're not alone" "You assume I can operate in the world. And that's not accurate" "I'd like to blame you, Sherri" "God chooses the weak" "Fire up the trumpets of probability"

Uncle Sy Quote, Deal Breaker: Big Red Floppy Shoes, Celebrity and Christianity, Brant's New Boots, Jesus Promised Us Himself, The Thanksgiving Day Joke, College Apps, Fixing Single People, Brant and Influential People, Jesus and the Woman at the Well Quotes: "If you write yourself off and think God can't use you, you're in for a shock.." "There's the man of your dreams squeaking right out the door." "Jesus promised us tribulation and He promised us Himself." "I told her if she doesn't like my book, pretend like it never came in the mail."

The Cool DJ, The Bible Can't Be Myth, The Need For "A Joke", The Viking Toaster, The Hard Book Endorsement, Prayer Circle Tension, Nahgmeh Abedini, The FB Status Song, The Advice Goats BONUS INTERVIEW: Naghmeh Abedini Quotes: "I would like to be a cool DJ" "Am I suppose to believe that the writers of the Bible pioneered a whole new literary genre, realistic fiction, 1,500 years before anybody picked up on it???" "Read this book. Enjoy it. Then tell me how awesome I am" "That's my issue with the Advice Goats..."

Being A Jerk, Pets In Church, Brant on Twitter, Best Buy Black Friday, The Baby Ant Eater, The Hero Treatment, The Need For "A Joke", Forgiving People, Macaulay Culkin Is Alive!, Yelling At God Quotes: "I'm gonna do a big rant. That's what some radio people do" "We're pretty ill prepared for this whole thing aren't we?" "I was a jerk already today" "Your childhood is a relatively short time a relatively long time ago" "We just got the news that Macaulay Culkin is alive" "I think you can be mad at God…just stay engaged with Him. Be verbal. Yell in the car if you have to."

Survival School, Wayward Kids, What People Say About Jesus, Many Ways to God?, Being An Adult, Brant The Accordion Wedding Singing, The iPhone Wedding Proposal, The Good Samaritan, Twitter Ignorance, Chris Tomlin & CURE Quotes: "If 400 flamingos start pecking you. Just go peacefully." "Jesus left it that we have to fully commit to Him or fully walk away" "God made a way to us through Jesus and blew religion apart" "If he would have had 100 ipads he'd be married by now"

Veteran's Day, The Person with the Church Logo Tattoo, Welcome Misfits, Robotic Penguin, How Jesus Looked, Pets In Church, Christians on TV, The Voting Sticker, Spiritual "Searchers" Quotes: "My dogs need Jesus." "Think about how powerful it would be if your a preacher and your trying to get people to make a decision about their eternity and you have a live lion in the sanctuary. Now it's real." "I'm keeping my "I Voted" sticker on forever." "If you're a spiritual 'searcher' that's fine. But if you're not holding out the possibility that there's an actual thing you can find...then you're not really searching are you?" "Be open to the fact that God has been looking for you." "I'm gonna irrationally stick to my guns on this..."

Brant Is Oblivious, The "No" Phone, How Jesus Looked, No Superstition, Robots and God, Brant's Hair Cut, The "Beats" Cord, They Wish It Were True, Men ARE Funny, Knowing God's Will, Bad Hair Cut, God and Simplicity, BONUS-CHRIS TOMLIN INTERVIEW Quotes: "If I'm reading something, there can be explosions going off and I won't hear them. I'm oblivious." "Most people have an image of Jesus in their mind and they're wrong." "God sets us free from karma." "I want my hair back. It's in a landfill somewhere. I'd like it back." "My headphones are from Radio Shack but the cord is from Dr. Dre "Beats". I'm feeling cooler." "Go ahead an admit that every guy is hilarious. All of us."

God and Success, The Big Mansion, Saeed Abedini, Irrational Fears, Growing Spiritually, God and Satan On Your Shoulder?, When to Say Grace, Prayer Peeking, Being Judged At the Gym, Swallowed By an Anaconda, Offense on Social Media, Brant's Social Moves Quotes: "God's idea of success is faithfulness. Just be faithful." "I just need the panic room. I'm going directly there." "I knew a person that was freaked out by knees." "The Flintstones don't quite grasp theology."

Brant Earned a Trip, Political Talk, Worry, Save the Alien Planet, Jesus and Kids, They Wish It Was True, 18 Year Old Congresswoman, Brant and Sherri's Twitter Spouse, Found Out and Forgiven

Beautiful, Election Signs, Problems Praying, Introverts for Office, Brant WANTS to be Clueless, Prayers for Saeed Abedini, Babies May Cry, Raining Pennies, What to do When You Don't Agree With Someone Politically, Taking a Stand vs. Love, Expensive Men's Shoes Producer Sherri's Fave Quote: "I don't think God is gonna stomp on us because we fell asleep praying. I think He's glad we at least started. He wants to be with us." "When you get into a cycle of feeling like a failure, remind yourself that's not how God views you and then find ways to serve other people." "I made 52 cents yesterday without doing anything. It's raining pennies." "I'm sad this is election day. I'm gonna miss the yard signs."

It's Time to Love, Brant=Loon, Christmas Music, Marriage Misunderstandings, Parmesan Cheese Dinner, Grace, Nik Wallenda, Forgetting the Candy, The People Jesus Repelled, Our Show Agenda, No Pets Scrutiny, Awkward Jog of Gratitude, What's in a Person's Heart Sherri's Fave Quotes: "I'm ok with looking dumb if I can just love people for once. I've gotten that frustrated with it. It's time to grow up and love people." "People get judgmental about me having a bowl of Parmesan cheese for dinner. That hurts." "You'll hear us talk about grace a lot because it's the only thing that changes any of us." "Grown man hiding behind a couch to avoid some kid in a Superman outfit. That's how I roll."

Halloween Is Not the Devil's Day, Fantasy Football Injuries, Kamikaze Karaoke, Righteous Anger, Candy Corn, The Candy Apology Song, Lord of the Rings Centerpiece, Married Early, God Redeems, Anti-Toast Propaganda Producer Sherri's Fave Quotes: "When God has His way beautiful things happen. He takes what was intended for evil and He makes it good." "Every Sunday that rolls around is a fresh opportunity for the guys on my fantasy football team to injure themselves in new and exciting ways." "I have a gift and I will not hide it under a bushel." "Celebrating today because it's the last day we have candy corn foisted upon us" "We don't need anti-toast propaganda on this show"

We took the easiest, laziest possible approach to today's podcast. We're just uploading our radio show. To listen daily, check out branthansen.com/stations to find one near you! Maybe!

Disclaimer: You may not want to listen to this, if you don't want to hear contemporary American evangelical church culture lovingly challenged.Both Sherri and Brant are a product of this culture, but think the gift of pastoring has been reduced... to CEO.

Producer Sherri's Fave Quotes: “Is Christian Bale really gonna draw out that many women to see the Exodus movie. Are they really coming to see him flex in front of the Red Sea?” “A lot of the things we call ‘church’ are not rooted in the New Testament. We’ve made up a lot of stuff and I don’t always get the connection” “I didn’t set out to do it. But I’m kinda starting to look like Fabio. I didn’t mean to. My long term goal is to look like Gandalf. Do you think Fabio has to happen to get to Gandalf?” “We’re raising the level of excellence on our podcast with sound effects.”

Sherri's Fave Quotes from the Show (TM) "The great punishment for sin is getting our own way." “There are a lot of different metaphors for hell in the Bible and there are different conceptions about what it will be, but one thing is consistent: isolation.” “Our own sinfulness causes breakdowns in the culture. It doesn’t unite us together.” “God is great to many people until He approaches their bedroom or bank account.” “Wait a minute, Sherri gets to be a Viking? No fair.” “I don’t know anything about Dungeons and Dragons. In the ghetto we were playing Candyland.” (Sherri)

Left Behind Thoughts Podcast Listener in China Why do people hate Lebron? Building up a young man (13 year old dinner) Sherri's Fave Quotes: “I’m not discounting anyone’s opinion, but for the life of me, I can’t figure out why I’m not supposed to like Lebron James.” “Unity that matters is when you genuinely disagree and you still love each other.” “If you’re a young believer you should know, the idea of the rapture is not commonly shared by all Evangelical Christians.” “It has to be hard to be in China with no friends. I’ve been in America with no friends. It’s felt like I’ve had a language barrier.” “When you come along side a man, at any age, and point things out to him out of respect, he’ll totally absorb it.”

Ebola/Christian Doctors Rant Rant Rating Baseball Smack Talk National Smile Day What was your first job? Brant's traveling underwear Producer Sherri's Fave Quotes (TM) “I have a bee in my bonnet.” “You notice none of the Presidents are smiling on dollar bills. That would have made our day. We would have been like ‘this is my last $5, but look at Abe smiling. That guy is just a big cut up.’” “There’s gonna be a knock on the door and it’s gonna be my underwear.” “How many Christian Theocracies are there? Zero” “For all the posing and all the ripping down of the church that happens, we see these Christians who are heroes staying in the Ebola zone to serve.”

Sir Toppings Tipping Story Halloween Dentist Encrustos Loud Eaters Quotes: "Sir Toppings is my idea for a drive thru where you can get toppings for anything you buy. Pepperoni, Sprinkles, Just toppings." "I think it’s wonderful to tip more than a person deserves. I think it’s GRACE!" "There’s something about the tendency of some religious folks to make things off limits to folks, based on their own conscience." "I like GK Chesterson’s conception that nature is like our little sister. It’s something we should protect and love and it makes us laugh and enjoy and there’s a lightheartedness to it and it’s beautiful." "Encrustos is my restaurant concept where everything on the menu you can get encrusted with something else on the menu. It can be in my restaurant portfolio with Sir Toppings." "The more pet peeves a person has, the less interesting that person is to me."

Producer Sherri's fave quotes from this podcast: “The idea of a ‘soulmate’ is completely bogus.” (Lisa) “Women has done a disservice by trying to take over in areas within the church and guys just step back and let it happen” (Lisa) “My mode to getting a boyfriend was to offend everyone I could and then see who thought it was cute and funny.” (Lisa) “Guys aren’t really attracted by church culture. Especially in their 20’s. Seems like their being asked to passive engagement with God where you get to attend this ‘thing’ or plug in to somebody’s flow chart.” (Brant) “In a culture that has a ‘god’ called sex, they think you’re invalid as a human without it." (Brant) "At what age can you reasonably be expected to not act like a complete idiot in public? 3 years old?" (Brant) “Singleness is hard, but we’re all called to trust God with something.” (Lisa)

NFL Criminals? Dispatching Lloyd to Africa U2 and snobs Downton Abbey is NOT a Soap Opera Brant's Motel Problem

Recording the podcast in the woods Hot Topic: Spanking Review of the Hot Topic presentation Comedy Show Nervousness Be glad you had it Blog Talk like a pirate day

Prayer "no" (wanting to say no when someone asks you to open in prayer) Being a blessing to people while single The Moral of the truck guy The New, Improved Airplane Nap The Hell Bucket List Blog Church as a family (are we just 'playing' church?)