Brant & Sherri Oddcast

Date Budget, Star Wars: Rogue 1, Honesty Cafe, Being Honest About Being Needy, Space Christmas News, The Christmas Story, Overrated/Underrated, Men/Women Sick. Emoji Translator, Silence on Social Media, Loneliness, Tom Brady’s Resume, Facts as a Christmas Gift, Purpose Statement, The Wedding Drone;   Quotes: “I’m not going to start another Nerd Fight. I’m still nursing the wounds from the last one.” “Limitations trigger creativity.” “There’s no return policy when you receive gifts in space.” “I can’t imagine believing the Christmas story but only having it as a 1 day a year thing.”

Humility, Overrated/Underrated, Unexpected Gift Role Play, Prayer, Hansen’s Holiday Helpline Headquarters Hotline, Thinking of Others, Christmas Tipping, Honesty Cafe, Unoffendable Discussion Road Rage and Kids, Grandma Run Over Song, Compliment Call, SPECIAL BONUS MATERIAL: Santa Claus Question;   Quotes: “I’m like a very gifted rapper that can throw down the rhythms and rhymes.” “Be humble about your opinions now because you may feel differently as you grow and mature.” “Whatever your mind drifts to when you’re praying it’s probably good to take that to God.” “I was going to have value in this segment. But it went awry. There’s no value.”

Hyper Miles, The Christmas Story, Honesty Cafe, Grateful, $149,000 Mattress, The NFL and the Kangaroo Video, Hansen’s Holiday Helpline Headquarters Hotline, God and Pessimism, Overrated/Underrated, Brant’s Book Issues, Grandparents Babysitting, Caroling, Controlling Everything;  Quotes: “You should take a few minutes today and allow yourself to be astonished by the Christmas story.” “You seem angry but in reality you’re very thankful for us.” “We have both encouragement and ammunition to get grandparents to babysit your kids. Ammu-couragement.  “Put me on Face Time while you’re caroling. I can sing along.” “We are fragile people. We’re not a strong as we think we are.”

The Christmas Story, Joke Spa, History Segment: Beanie Babies, Fashionable Christianity, Gift of a Fact, Kids Don’t Get What They Want, Hiding Gifts, You’re God’s Gift, Breaking Animal News, Overrated/Underrated, Non-Church Church, Shopping with Your Wife;   Quotes: “I was going back and forth whether I was going to say The Great or The Magnificent Producer Sherri.” “Jesus shocked people as a baby and continued to shock people.” “I gotta get out of this spa.” “I don’t want following Jesus to just be a fashion choice. “You’re God’s gift to somebody…today!” “If there’s no destination on your journey then it’s not a journey.”

Hansen’s Holiday Helpline Headquarters Hotline, Overrated/Underrated, Being Encouraging Breaking Animal News, Christmas Story: People on the Margins, The Christmas Story and Doubt, People That Test Your Patience, Christmas Karaoke, Dealing with Fear, LotR Mispronunciation;   Quotes: “I tell people buck up buckaroo and I mean it.” “If you don’t like the Grinch that Stole Christmas then you hate Christmas. That’s a Hot Take.” “God identifies with the people on the margin.” “The Christmas story is just wonderful news through and through from the very beginning.”

Mom Gift List, Struggling with Doubt, Gift List for the Man in Your Life, Suffering, Wonderful Thing About Grace, The Silly Show, Sci-Fi Question: Santa Tattoo, Breaking Animal News, Loving without Worthiness, Things that Affect Your Memory;   Quotes: “Who raised you to buy a $90 candle? It wasn’t me.” “Laughter gives people a taste of the kingdom of God and it’s good.” “Who among us hasn’t had their dog in a headlock by a kangaroo.” “I promise we don’t do set-up gags.: “Have mercy on people who have doubts.” “I’m not saying Bugs Bunny was prophetic. You make your own judgments.”

Info on your Brain, Amazing Race with Brant and Sherri, Wisdom, Breaking Animal News, Overrated/Underrated, Shopping with your Wife, Death Star Budget, Hansen’s Holiday Helpline Headquarters Hotline, Grateful, The Bible Is Not Mythology, Washing Hands Awareness Week, Role Play Gift Exchange, Listener Uniform Update;   Quotes: “I can bring my puppet Lloyd of the long plane rides.” “You’ll become wise when you hang out with wise people.” “We’d have to do a very extensive pledge drive to fund a Death Star.”

Writers Forearms, Unmet Desires, Christmas Karaoke, Actually Guy at Christmas, Confounded at the Christmas Story, Hansen’s Holiday Helpline Headquarters Hotline, Angry at People Sinning Differently, Credit Card Stolen, Church Hurt, When People Cry In Church, Breaking Animal News, The Relevance of the Christmas Story;   Quotes: “Brant has problems.” “We get angry at people that sin differently than we do.” “I don’t want ‘church hurt’ to ruin my relationship with God.” “If you think we’re too silly…join our moms.” “The Christmas Moose has come after all these years.”

Christmas Car Commercials, Change/Renovations, Prescription Drug vs. Tolkien Elf, The One Seat Car, Honesty Cafe, When Kids Don’t Get What They Want, Introvert/Extrovert, 117 Years Old and No Veggies,  The Christmas Story, Hansen’s Holiday Helpline Headquarters Hotline, Deal Breaker: 6 Months with Reindeer Antlers, Nothing Shall Separate Us, BONUS MATERIAL: What We're Watching/Reading;   Quotes: “You’re supposed to help people and you don’t even remember the name of your own hotline.” “If you want to be changed just know renovation sometimes is an ugly process before it gets better.” “You’ll have to lean on your prescription drug knowledge.” “A lot of time loving other people mean just showing up and being happy to be there.”

People That Drive you Crazy at Work, Hansen’s Holiday Helpline Headquarters Hotline, Gratefulness, Once You’ve Been Through Something, Miss Bev & Apples to Apples, Integrity: Be the Same Person Always, Honesty Cafe, Overrated/Underrated, Rudolph Overrated, Breaking Animal News, Liking People With Whom You Disagree, Romans 12, Save the Alien Planet, Following Jesus;   Quotes: “It’s something created by the apple lobby or the pie lobby.” “I don’t think I know how ridiculous this is.” “You’re not making sense just like the rest of us. We love that.” “Integrity is being the same person no matter where you are.” “Our entire show may be dedicated to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer from here until Christmas.”

New Car Radios, Remembering God Hasn’t Left, Gravy Canes, Not “Feeling” God, Hansen’s Holiday Helpline Headquarters Hotline, Actually Guy, The Carbon Version of Jesus, God has a Plan, Making Eye Contact Feeling Abandoned, Prescription Drug vs. Tolkien Elf, Always Changing, Honesty Cafe, Praising Your Kids;   Quotes: “In the interest of safety never turn from this radio station.” “They have candy canes that taste like gravy. All my dreams are coming true.” “Just because you don’t feel God it doesn’t mean He’s left.” “It’s the academic world vs. Sherri, coming up…” “God doesn’t want emotions. What He wants is obedience and faithfulness.”

An Intellectual Study on Chores, Giving Tuesday, Breaking Animal News, The Struggle to Pray, Brant’s Fantasy Football Team, Overrated/Underrated, Stressed for the Holidays, Shipping Out Sherri’s Family, iPhone in a Frozen Lake, The Anger Smash Room;   Quotes: “We’re in a hurry to do everything but be generous.” “Hey Harvard, welcome back to planet Earth after your 32 year excursion.” “I’ll keep you updated as events warrant about Polly the baby goat wearing a duck costume.” “You can come boldly to God. He already knows what you have going on. He paid for it.” “I want to congratulate my fantasy football team. It takes great field awareness to NOT score points.”

The Girl with the Red Feet, Vitamin N, Introverts/Extroverts

More "Post Election" Thoughts, and a chance for some Breaking Animal News

Talking Politics, Black Friday, Gratefulness, The New Featured Listener Segment, Trusting God and Thankfulness, Armed with a Turkey Fact, Christmas Villages, Don’t Touch My Hair, Maturity and Gratefulness;   Quotes: “I just like to fight on Black Friday at the door. I don’t even go in to buy anything. It’s the one day I can get away with it.” “For thanksgiving dinner you want to win the crowd and win your freedom.” “If we really trust God we’d have to thank him for all things and in all things.” “It’s a daily thing to go to God and trust Him all over again.” “I need to talk to the promotion department about the big “Everyone line up and touch Sherri’s hair” Promotion. I think we’re gonna punt that.”

Being Grateful, The Christmas Tree Worm, Sci-Fi Question: Thanksgiving Prep For Ever vs. 1 I.Q. Point, Thanksgiving in our Culture, FDR & Thanksgiving, Crying Over Brant’s Book, Manly Christmas Villages, Saying Grace Always;   Quotes: “If you’re grateful it’s difficult to maintain and stoke the flames of anger towards people who have wronged you.” “This whole show has been leading up to my history fact.” “I care about the Christmas Tree Worm all year round, Sherri.” “I’m sorry Mr. Harper and Mr. Collins. I need more time.”  

Christmas Village Request, Being Grateful, Messy Car Survival, Adapting to Your Spouse, Stephen Hawking: Leave the Planet, A Thanksgiving Day Job, Grandmas Are Awesome, Being Content, Giving Up Facebook;   Quotes: “Gratitude really helps with depression.” “If you have messy car you’re a genius. Science proves it.” “Steven Hawking probably listens to the show.” “This hour I’ll rebut Sherri’s heretical view.” “Giving thanks is actually counter cultural because you actually start to become content.” “If you see me walking down the street with a otter poster that’s because you’re not on Facebook.”

A behind the scenes look at when Brant and Sherri don't quite get it right.   It's a goofier than usual podcast. In fact, Sherri uses the word 'goofball' 5+ times in narrating it. You've been warned!

Oprah’s Gift List, Forgiving People, Save the Alien Planet, Is He Into You?, Dressing Immodestly, National Days Stuff Doesn’t Equal Happiness, Fantasy Football, Being Able to Say No, Sleep to the Podcast, Marriage Is Hard Work, Barista Gripe, Breaking Animal News, Everybody’s Busy;   Quotes: “There are people who tell us they hated us at first and they mean it.” “Oprah’s dogs are smarter than my dogs. Figures.” “We have more prosperity than we’ve ever had and we are also lonelier than we’ve ever been.” “Working through the process of not breaking up is so beautiful.”

Post Election Thoughts including: The Post-Election Joke Spa, Will You Miss The Election Season, Trusting God, and Understanding Other Perspectives;