A Spark with Briana Hansen: Real stories. Ridiculous moments. Relatable lessons. Podcast
1) A Whole Hullaballoon: How A Vigilante Passenger and a Disneyland Balloon Caused a Ruckus, and and an Incredibly Emotionally Intuitive Flight Attendant Saved The Day
A delay on a flight inevitably leads to moaning, groaning, and frustrations. In this case, they were justified since the delay was happening as a direct result of one angry passenger who had a vendett...Show More
2) Kayaks, Dolphins, Sharks, and a Coast Guard Rescue: The Wildest Part is I Had No Idea I Was In Danger
This was supposed to be a fun day of kayaking and whale watching in paradise. Instead, it became one of my weirdest stories: gale force winds, a questionable tour guide, pods of dolphin possibly warni...Show More
3) A Big Slide & A Bigger Lesson: Holding Space Changes Everything
She was scared at the top of the slide. Until a group of girls quietly held space and waited. That patience changed everything.In this short and sweet episode of A Spark, Briana Hansen shares a real s...Show More
4) What a Skeet Shooting in Rural Oklahoma Taught Me About My Myself
Ever picked up a shotgun and realized your eyes don’t work the way you thought they did? Just me? Cool.In this episode of A Spark with Briana Hansen, I tell the true story of going skeet shooting in r...Show More
5) The Power of a Persona: How I Tricked Myself Into Doing Stand-Up Comedy
Before I ever told a joke on stage, I had to trick myself into it.This episode is all about the stand-up persona I created—complete with cartoonish glasses and bold red lips—that gave me permission to...Show More
6) How a Jet-Lagged Me Almost Tipped a Scammer €200
I was tired. I was jet-lagged. I was wide-eyed in Rome on my first-ever trip to Europe… and I accidentally handed a scammy driver way too much cash for a short ride.But plot twist: he gave half of it ...Show More
7) Being a Party Princess is No Fairytale (But I Learned the Value of a Good Story)
Before I ever picked up a mic for a podcast, I picked up a wand—because I used to be a full-blown party princess. In this episode of A Spark with Briana Hansen, I spill the glittery (and not-so-glamor...Show More
8) Episode 3: Bonus - You deserve nice things (and a full set of teeth)
It took me losing my front tooth two weeks before my wedding to finally empower myself to make decisions about my own body. And to decide that I deserve to have nice things as much as anyone else.I ho...Show More
9) The Toothless Bride: How Losing My Tooth Helped Me Find Part of Myself
Just two weeks before my wedding, after years of dental work, a front tooth literally fell out of my mouth. It wasn’t just a cosmetic disaster—it was the final straw in a much longer story about not l...Show More
10) Episode 2: Bonus - You Don't Know
Do you know what I know? I don't know. But in knowing that I don't know, at least I can be open to the fact that someday I may know. It's in the I don't know where you really know. Because the not kno...Show More