Episode Details

A revealing portrait of how faith, family, and music shaped Brandi Carlile’s fierce empathy and creative drive. This condensed version pulls the essentials from the original ~2-hour episode into a focused 20-minute listen. Hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman guide Brandi Carlile through stories of rural childhoods, being denied baptism for being gay, the Lilith Fair influence, DIY hustle in Seattle, and career-defining collaborations with Joni Mitchell, Rick Rubin, and T Bone Burnett. You’ll get lessons on resilience, community-building (including her Girls Just Want a Weekend festival), songwriting craft, and how success changes risk and responsibility — plus the founding of her Looking Out Foundation. Keywords: Brandi Carlile, songwriting, LGBTQ, music industry, resilience, festival, philanthropy. Tune in to hear the moments that turned vulnerability into strength and the single performance that closes the episode — all in minutes. Listen now to get the key ideas in minutes.