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.
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."
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."
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."
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.
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."
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"
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"
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"
I Hate Sherri's Laugh, Click 'Like' for CURE, Not Enough Legos, Pictures of Food, How to be Happy, Honesty Cafe, Listener Uniform Update, Sesame Street Autistic Puppet, Lisa Anderson on Being Single, The Halloween Lesson House
Quotes:
"We gladly accept the 'annoying' label"
"You're taking pictures of calories, but then your mystified when you get a hankering."
"All introverts should get a 3-legged dog and walk him. You'll make instant
friends"
"People who have ego problems, they are the ones that are the most easily threatened."
Lisa Anderson talks about the highs and lows of being single in our current church culture. Lisa is the director of Boundless and young adults at Focus on the Family and hosts The Boundless Show. She’s the author of The Dating Manifesto: A Drama-Free Plan for Pursuing Marriage with Purpose.
Listener Uniform Question, No Apostrophe, Loving People, Octagon of Biblical Knowledge Exposure to Christians, Stories of Grace, Nerd Fight Over Star Wars, Welcome Misfits, 75 Hours of 'Never Gonna Give You Up', Sheep Stats/Discipleship, Rules to the Show
Quotes:
"The goals of the show: to encourage you and world domination."
"Base the way you love people NOT on what they have done for you but on how God has loved you."
"I want to get better and better of loving people."
"Lord of the Rings is better than Star Wars There is no analog to Jar Jar Binks in Lord of the Rings. And I rest my case."
"We have 2 dueling mottoes: Welcome Misfits and Stick Through the Hate."