EP356 LIFE IS HARD, GOD IS GOOD, LET'S DANCE | BRANT HANSEN | AUTHOR & RADIO SHOW HOST

Published: May 6, 2024, 7 a.m.

Brant Hansen is an author, nationally syndicated radio host, and advocate for healing children through CURE International.

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https://cure.org

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https://branthansen.com

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He\u2019s won national \u201cpersonality of the year\u201d awards for his work on his offbeat and quirky radio show, which airs on more than 200 stations. His podcast with his friend and radio producer, Sherri Lynn (\u201cThe Brant and Sherri Oddcast\u201d) has been downloaded more than 10 million times.\nHe leverages his radio platform to advance the healing work of CURE, which provides life-changing surgeries for children with treatable conditions.\nHis first book, Unoffendable, has prompted a national discussion on the idea of forgiveness, and our culture\u2019s embrace of self-righteous anger.\nHis second book, both provocative and very personal, is Blessed are the Misfits: Great News for Those Who Are Introverts, Spiritual Strugglers, or Just Feel Like They\u2019re Missing Something. In this book, Hansen addresses his own, and many others\u2019, inability to \u201cfeel God\u2019s presence\u201d, and how God might Himself feel about that.\nHis latest, The Truth About Us: The Very Good News About How Very Bad We Are, hit bestseller lists in spring/summer of 2020.\nBrant speaks to groups/conferences/churches when his schedule allows.\nHe has written for CNN.com, The Washington Post, U.S. News and World Report, The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Relevant, and numerous other outlets on matters as varied as public policy, culture, sports, Asperger\u2019s Syndrome, and faith. He\u2019s been a game inventor, fronted a modern rock band, and still dabbles in singing and songwriting.\nHe\u2019s traveled extensively throughout the world for CURE and other groups, including multiple trips to CURE\u2019s hospital for women and children in Afghanistan.