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We Can Do Hard Things

77. Double Date with Brandi & Catherine Carlile!

We Can Do Hard Things

Glennon Doyle & Audacy

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In this hilarious and heartwarming in-person double date with Abby and Glennon—and their dear friends and brilliant artists Brandi and Catherine Carlile—we learn: 1. Why Brandi was completely dismayed the first time she met Catherine; 2. Who made the first move—and why it made Catherine sweat; 3. All about the Carlile family compound—where they are raising their girls surrounded by family, band members, and exes; 4. How they communicate and deal with jealousy; and 5. Why Brandi believes this conversation—two queer couples sitting on a couch publicly discussing marriage, family, and domesticity—is revolutionary. About Brandi: Brandi Carlile is a six-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter, performer, producer, #1 New York Times Bestselling author and activist, who is known as one of music's most respected voices. Her new album, In These Silent Days, recently debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums chart, Top Rock Albums chart and Tastemaker Albums chart and continues to receive overwhelming acclaim. The New York Times praises, “Larger than life and achingly human…she empathizes, apologizes and lays out accusations. She’s righteous and she’s self-doubting. She proffers fond lullabies and she unleashes full-throated screams," while NPR Music declares, “absolutely breathtaking, across the whole album Brandi Carlile pulls out all the stops. It’s just extraordinary…she’s just claiming rock god status." Carlile recently received five nominations at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards including Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance for the album's lead single, "Right On Time." Following a breakthrough debut on "Saturday Night Live," Carlile and her band will embark on a series of landmark concerts next year including stops at Washington’s Gorge Amphitheatre, Los Angeles’ The Greek Theatre and New York’s Madison Square Garden among many others. In addition to her 6 GRAMMY Awards, Carlile has been recognized with Billboard’s Women In Music “Trailblazer Award,” CMT’s Next Women of Country “Impact Award" and received multiple recognitions from the Americana Music Association Honors & Awards including Artist of the Year for the past two years. TW: @brandicarlile IG: @brandicarlile About Catherine: Catherine Carlile has devoted her life to the intersection of music and activism with over 20 years of experience. Since 2012, she has served as the Executive Director of the Looking Out Foundation, which has raised over $3 million for a variety of grassroots causes including close work with Children In Conflict/War Child. She also serves as creative director for Phantom 309 Productions. Prior to her current work, Catherine worked with Sir Paul McCartney in coordinating his charitable interests and endeavors. Originally from London, Catherine now lives outside of Seattle, WA with her wife, Brandi Carlile, and their two daughters, Evangeline and Elijah. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome back to We Can Do Hard Things.

0:12.9

Today, we are continuing our conversation with six-time Grammy award-winning singer,

0:18.6

songwriter, performer, producer, number one New York Times best-selling author and activist,

0:24.7

and our dear, dear friend, Brandi Carlyle.

0:29.0

But today, we are having a double date.

0:33.5

We are joined by, of course, my beloved wife, Abby Womack.

0:38.2

And we welcome Brandi's wife, Catherine Carlyle, Catherine, one of our favorite people,

0:45.2

has devoted her life to the intersection of music and activism with over 20 years of experience.

0:50.6

Since 2012, she has served as the executive director of the Looking Out Foundation, which

0:55.8

has raised over $3 million for a variety of grassroots causes.

1:00.0

She has also served as creative director for Phantom 309 Productions, and you'll very

1:05.0

quickly find out she has an amazing voice.

1:08.9

She's also an incredible writer.

1:10.9

Catherine and Brandi now live outside of Seattle, Washington, with their two daughters,

1:15.0

Vangeline, and Alisha.

1:17.0

Let's jump in.

1:19.2

Her secret is that she did voice overs before she moved to the stage, real secret jobs.

1:22.7

That's my secret dream job.

1:24.2

Okay.

1:25.2

We're going to start because I want to talk about that.

1:27.2

No, no, no, that's not.

1:28.2

Oh, no, really?

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