Brandi Carlile (Extended)

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

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Tv & Film, Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.4 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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GRAMMY-winning singer and songwriter Brandi Carlile says the best part of her job is documenting the phases of her personal life and connecting with other people through the songs she creates. In this EXTENDED interview, Brand and Stephen talk more about why she traveled to Minnesota to show solidarity with a community that was being brutalized by the federal government. Check out Brandi Carlile's performance on The Late Show on our YouTube page, and grab tickets to “The Human Tour” at https://www.brandicarlile.com.

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0:00.0	From the trusted team behind 48 hours, welcome to case-by-case.
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0:31.0	It's the late show, pot show, with Stephen Colbert.
0:39.4	Welcome back, friends.
0:44.0	Ladies and gentlemen, my next guest tonight is an 11-time Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter and New York Times best-selling author.
0:51.7	Please welcome back to The Late Show, our friend, Brandy Carlisle.
1:00.6	Hi. Hi. Nice to see you, Brandy. It's so nice to see you and everyone. Yeah.
1:08.7	One of the nicest things about having done this show the last 11 years was to get to know you a little bit. I just want to start off by saying that, and I'm so happy you could come back before the show was over. That means a lot to be. I just admire you enormously, and you're just a kind and lovely person. Oh, thanks. I couldn't. Thank you. You brought us something to drink, which is lovely. I wish more guests did that. Okay.
1:45.6	So this is that. They give you some hint about what it's going to be, tell me about what we are about to pop open here. Oh, this is Proud Angels. This is one of my wines and the X-O-B-C wines. Your wine? Yeah, yeah. Absolutely. And this one's sparkling, and I named this one after the Elton John album. who believes in angels.
1:46.4	That's nice.
1:47.5	And how does one... Nice job. How does one get into the wine game? Why did this start for you? Well, I love wine, by the way. Okay. But I don't know. I always just like... I always thought wine was kind of snooty and like inaccessible, hard for people to get into. It's like golf or something. You have to have a collared shirt to drink. You have to have a collared shirt. I'll get your collard shirt. Yeah, so I don't know. I wanted to make wine feel more accessible to people and make a community out of it. And this is from Washington States?
2:17.8	From Washington State, where I live.
2:19.3	That's nice.
2:20.6	Cheers.
2:21.4	But I want to raise a toast to you, Stephen, and to the show and your whole crew.
2:27.1	Yes, to the crew.
2:28.0	And all of the good and the band.
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