Today we're talking to Brandi Stanley, host of the podcast This Plus That. Brandi makes a living out of making connections. If creativity is the ability to connect the seemingly un-connectable, that’s the art she practices. In love with the space between things—the intersections and the paradoxes—she's constantly looking for what insights can be gained when we mash the unexpected together and the growth that happens when we learn to hold complexity. 
We had a great time talking with Brandi about so many things, from the hustle culture to church history, from empty calories as a metaphor to the gift economy, and of course all of the good dirt in between all of it. If you enjoy “connecting the dots” as they say, and discovering how much more we all have in common with each other than we think, then you’ll love this conversation.
Topics Discussed:

Brandi's journey to creating her Podcast This Plus That, and finding her way to doing what she loves

The Great Resignation 

Wendell Berry

Steve Jobs

Nathan Myhrvold

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn


Charles Eisenstein and the gift economy

The hustle culture and passive income in an extractive economy

The idea of finding "aliveness" in what we do

Consuming Empty Calories as a metaphor 


Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Connecting the seemingly unconnectable

Soil and social justice 

Christianity and the Industrial Food System

Nutrient depletion in our soil means nutrient-deficient food

Groundwork Podcast - Interview with Alicia Brown


Emily McElroy Intersections of Painting Plus Prayer

How church history impacted our relationship with nature in western civilization

How our language impacts the way we think and act in the world


Emergent Strategy by Adrian Marie Brown

 Living into the new story


Connect with Brandi:

Brandi's Podcast, This Plus That


On Instagram @thisplusthatpod

On Youtube, This Plus That Podcast



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Original music by John Kingsley. The Good Dirt podcast is edited and engineered by Aleksandra van der Westhuizen and produced by Mary Ball. The Good Dirt is a part of the Connectd Podcasts Network.
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