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Best Album For

Dave Sandell & Caleb Gardner

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Dave Sandell and Caleb Gardner choose the best album for highly relatable, real-life situations — like decompressing after a long day, elevating a backyard party, impressing the car next to you at a stop light, missing someone you love, or running from zombies.
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Rhett Power and Cynthia Johnson, both accomplished authors, entrepreneurs, and speakers, co-host Best Seller TV, interviewing fellow authors about their nonfiction books. With their expertise and engaging style, they create insightful and captivating conversations. Rhett's dynamic charisma and Cynthia's thoughtful approach make for a winning combination beyond mere promotion, offering viewers a deep dive into authors' minds.
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Socially Authentic

Tracy Samantha Schmidt

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How do some of the smartest, most creative people use social media? And how can you use social media in alignment with your own values? Learn how with host Tracy Samantha Schmidt, who also teaches social media marketing at the University of Chicago.
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🎙️ Welcome to Best Seller TV with Cynthia Johnson and Rhett Power! In this thought-provoking episode, we have the privilege of sitting down with Ron Carucci, a distinguished author, leadership expert, and the visionary behind the groundbreaking book "To Be Honest: Lead with the Power of Truth, Justice & Purpose." 📚 Ron Carucci is a recognized thoug…
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📺 Welcome to Best Seller TV, where we bring you groundbreaking conversations with top authors who are shaping the literary landscape. In this exclusive episode, we're thrilled to host Morra Aarons Mele, a remarkable podcast host and the brilliant author of "The Anxious Achiever." 📚 Morra Aarons Mele is a trailblazer in exploring the intersection of…
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🎥 Welcome to Best Seller TV with Cynthia Johnson and Rhett Power! In this enlightening episode, we are honored to introduce you to Dr. Eric Wood, a distinguished Director Mental Health Counseling at Texas Christian University and the brilliant author behind the groundbreaking book, "A New Narrative for College Mental Health." 📚 Dr. Eric Wood is a l…
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🎥 Welcome to Best Seller TV! In this insightful episode, we have the pleasure of introducing you to two extraordinary individuals - David Noble and Carol Kauffman. They are not only accomplished executive coaches but also the co-authors of the groundbreaking book "REAL-TIME LEADERSHIP." 📚 David Noble and Carol Kauffman are recognized thought leader…
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🎙️ Get ready for a riveting conversation on Best Seller TV with Cynthia Johnson and Rhett Power - as we dive deep into the world of communication, empathy, and understanding with the renowned author, Dr. Mark Goulston. With two transformative books under his belt, "Just Listen" and "How to Talk to Crazy," Dr. Goulston is a leading expert on the art…
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Join hosts Cynthia Johnson and Rhett Power as they interview Rich Moran, a prolific author and radio host on KCBS in San Francisco. In this episode of Bestseller TV, Rich discusses his latest book, "Never Say Whatever: How Small Decisions Make a Big Difference." Learn about the impact of seemingly insignificant decisions and how avoiding the word "…
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Join hosts Cynthia Johnson and Rhett Power as they interview Caleb Gardner, the co-founder and managing partner at 18 Coffees and the former lead digital strategist for Barack Obama's political advocacy group, OFA. In this enlightening episode of Best Seller Live, Caleb discusses his new book, "No Point B: Rules for Leading Change in the New Hyperc…
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Join hosts Rhett Power and Cynthia Johnson as they interview Joe Hart, CEO of Dale Carnegie Global, about his new book "Take Command: Intentional Living for a Post-Pandemic Anxious World." Co-authored with Michael Crom, Dale Carnegie's grandson, this book offers valuable insights on leading a purposeful and intentional life, especially in the chall…
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What essential skills do you need to thrive in today's dynamic work environment? Join us as we sit down with Gabriella Rosen Kellerman, a Harvard-trained physician turned tech entrepreneur, and author of "Tomorrow Mind." Alongside co-author Professor Martin Seligman, Gabriella unpacks the concept of prospection and introduces us to the PRISM acrony…
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📚 Ryan Crownholm is a renowned entrepreneur and expert on the "hustle mentality" and its effects on success, productivity, and well-being. In this interview, we explore the eye-opening concepts and insights presented in "The Hustle Trap" and how they challenge the conventional wisdom of our fast-paced world. 🌟 In this engaging conversation, we'll d…
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Dave and Caleb have a close encounter of the third kind as they choose the best album for seeing aliens. Is music a universal enough language to avoid world domination? Do aliens even exist? Is it better to give them the best music the world has to offer, or the music that most stirs your soul? Caleb presents our unidentified anomalous phenomena fr…
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What's the right soundtrack for barreling down a highway in pursuit -- or being pursued -- in your very own General Lee? Dave & Caleb lay out the criteria, buckle in, and gun it to 95 with The Prodigy's Fat of the Land and The Reverend Horton Heat's It's Martini Time! Two albums from a golden era of the 90s when, for one shining moment, electronica…
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Special guest co-host Vince Brackett joins the podcast this week to discuss what it means to “sell out” for a variety of musicians, and the template for popular and highly successful musicians to “reverse sell out” with an album cycle (or more) marked by attempts to be taken more seriously as an artist. Along the way, they unpack the careers of the…
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We go deep on a roadmap for getting your kids to rap music, from Sugarhill Gang to whatever is happening in the genre right now. How do you approach conversations about lyrical content, specific life experiences that aren’t our own, and answer questions you never thought you’d have to answer (yikes.) Along the way we talk about A Tribe Called Quest…
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📚 About the Book: "From Start-Up to Grown-Up" is your ultimate guide to navigating the tumultuous journey from a nascent start-up to a flourishing business. Penned by the illustrious executive coach Alisa Cohn, this book is infused with the wisdom she's gained from propelling companies like Etsy, Foursquare, InVision, and The Wirecutter into the li…
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🎥 Welcome to Best Seller TV! In this episode, an extraordinary guest is joining us - Tiffani Bova, the renowned author of the best-selling book, "Experience Mindset: Changing the Way You Think About Growth." 📚 Tiffani Bova is a globally recognized growth and innovation evangelist and has been featured in top publications like Forbes, Harvard Busine…
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Join us for an insightful interview with author Michael Bungay Stanier, who shares his expertise from his latest book, "How to Work with (Almost) Anyone."This conversation explores practical strategies for effective collaboration, communication, and building productive relationships. Whether you're a seasoned professional or looking to excel in tea…
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Step into the world of leadership and team excellence with our latest podcast episode featuring bestselling author Robert Glazer. In this enlightening conversation, we delve deep into the pages of his newest book, "Elevate Your Team." Join host Rhett Power from Best Seller TV as he engages Robert in a dynamic exploration of the fundamental principl…
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Dave and Caleb welcome in 2024 by naming the best albums for starting a new year. What albums best capture that fine line between eternal optimism and existential dread about what could come? Dave suggests Prince’s 1999, a party album preoccupied with nuclear proliferation in the early 80s, and Caleb brings Jamie xx’s dance party in a jewel case, I…
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Welcome to our enlightening interview with Dr. Luana Marques, the brilliant author behind "BOLD MOVE: 3-Step Plan to Transform Anxiety into Power." Join us as we delve deep into the transformative insights and empowering strategies that Dr. Marques shares in her groundbreaking book. Discover how to harness anxiety as a source of strength and unlock…
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Dave and Caleb are wrapping up 2023 with our inaugural top tens of the year, plus loads of honorable mentions and singles. We count it down 10-1 and hopefully introduce you to some of your new favorite music! Our favorite albums of 2023: Alex Lahey - The Answer is Always Yes Boygenius - the record Bully - Lucky for You Danny Brown - Quaranta Jamie …
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This week we're doing something different, a game we call Let's Make a Mixtape. Our friend Hana Kim joins us as we draft 18 Christmas songs that we're publishing as a playlist you can listen to on Spotify or Apple Music. But there's a twist -- when it's someone's turn, they get to not only draft a song and performer, but also they get to draft wher…
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December is here and we’re ready to get in the Christmas spirit! Or Dave is at least. Dave brings Caleb on a magical journey through a season of lights and traditions and a spiritually moving season, while Caleb keeps us grounded in the stress and consumerism of the holiday. But, one thing they can both agree on is that the nostalgia of 1987’s A Ve…
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Dave and Caleb celebrate their November birthdays by introducing you to one of their favorite bands, the Scottish indie rock legends Frightened Rabbit, and their seminal break-up album, The Midnight Organ Fight. Discussed today: Frightened Rabbit’s catalog Spiritual Cramp - Spiritual Cramp Jamie Branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war…
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The leaves are changing, the hot apple cider is brewing, the bonfires and bonfiring, and Dave and Caleb are ready to crown the best album for autumn. What are the albums that we pull out for just a few months each year that are elevated by the invigoratingly crisp air and the cozy trappings of fall? Throw on your favorite cardigan and re-discover B…
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Daylight Savings Time is upon us, and Dave and Caleb are celebrating by choosing albums that sound great at one in the morning. What makes an album sound best in the dark, wee hours of the morning? Dave gets into one of his all-time favorites, Portishead’s trip-hop classic Dummy, and Caleb goes all catharsis with M83’s Hurry Up We’re Dreaming. Musi…
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Halloween is upon us, and after a quick stroll through all things traditions and family policies, Dave and Caleb unpack what makes a song spooky? Is it the song itself, or are the images we associate with it doing half the work? Along the way, they give picks for music that is genuinely terrifying and music that hits the more playful side of the se…
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Taylor Swift is a global sensation with legions of devoted fans who call themselves "Swifties." Surprisingly, your hosts Dave and Caleb -- a.k.a. two dads in their 40s -- aren't among them. But in the midst of the year of Taylor, we wanted to find our way in. So we enlisted our friend Sydney Bauer, a self-professed Swiftie to give us three records …
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If movies like Roadhouse and Fight Club taught us anything, it’s that every bar fight is accompanied by a catalyzing track. Today, two pacifists take another trip into their imaginations to determine the album that could come on that would make you want to defend someone’s honor (or at least buy groceries a little harder.) Dave takes us to punk’s r…
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Dave and Caleb hop in their DeLorean to travel back to the year 1966 and decide which album they most want to experience in the time of its release. They talk about the frenzy that surrounded every Beatles release and what it must have felt like to experience your favorite band going in new directions like the Beatles' Revolver. And they imagine be…
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They say you can’t go home again, but this week Dave and Caleb make an attempt to as they think about hometowns. The good, the bad, the people, what it means to bring your full grown up self to a place where you are perpetually 17 years old, and importantly, the power of music to become containers for all the parts of your life; songs that mean som…
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Dave and Caleb go deep on how they formed their imagination for high school (spoiler alert: Saved by the Bell shows up) and what types of feelings and memories shaped their mindset as they remember entering high school, with all its misplaced promise and unearned swagger and raging hormones. They turn to two bands who uniquely understood the assign…
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Dave is joined this week by a special guest, Quentin Coaxum (https://quentincmusic.bandcamp.com). Quentin is a professional trumpeter, composer and teacher in the Chicago area, where he’s performed at the Chicago Jazz Festival and the Pitchfork Music Festival. Dave and Quentin go deep on two very different records they recommend for retreating to w…
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Dave and Caleb make one last splash before summer comes to a close by determining the best album for jumping in a lake with your friends, including a surprise album that neither of them like all that much. Can an album be a 'best album for' if it has 5 killer tracks and a ton of filler? They also discuss why rock music production from the last 20+ …
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In today’s episode, Dave wants to bring you in on one of his most embarrassing behaviors that began with a brilliant attempt to be cool in high school, and Dave and Caleb attempt to determine what songs you can blast from your car that will, for a brief moment, make sure the high schoolers you are driving by know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that y…
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You get a call in the middle of the night from your best pal, panicked and determined. Something unthinkable has happened. Things will never be the same. And now you have to pick the best album for burying a body with a friend. It’s a listener suggestion this week on Best Album For! Dave and Caleb are explore why people are so drawn to true crime a…
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Dave and Caleb lament how easy it is to lose momentum on work outs and pick their best albums for getting out of bed or out the door to get a work out in when you're really unmotivated. Caleb takes us into 1980s hardcore punk and Dave presents one of his all-time favorite albums that rarely gets its due. Plus, what we're listening to this week. Mus…
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Dave and Caleb explore their ideal work settings and choose the album for the inevitable times you’re stuck in a coffee shop with bad reggae covers playing in the background. Along the way, they explore where jazz music sits for them in 2023, and Dave reveals the origin of his very confusing AOL screen name. Music discussed today: Mark Farina - Mus…
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Dave and Caleb hit the open road and pick the best album for a road trip by yourself. Along the way, they talk about guilty pleasures, whether one can dance while driving a car, the scourge of hidden tracks on CDs, saccharine songs that haven’t aged well, and two unassailable albums for solo road trips. Music discussed today: Aphex Twin - “Blackbox…
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Dave and Caleb present a special episode entirely dedicated to new music from this year as they count down their individual top 5 lists of 2023 music so far, plus a peak at what they’re excited about for the rest of 2023. [SPOILER ALERT] Albums recommended in this episode (not in this order): boygenius - the record Brutalismus 3000 - ULTRAKUNST Deb…
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We discover that we have very different ideas about what it means to decompress, from when that process should begin to how it should end. Should decompression be energizing after a long day, or should it help us unwind? We debate what makes for a good decompression album and make it through multiple genres along the way. Hosts: Dave Sandell & Cale…
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It’s part two of our superhero origin stories as we unpack Dave’s arrival at becoming ‘musically sentient’ — the first album he remembers where music meant to him what it means now. We journey through the Bangles and ‘Do the Bartman’ to arrive at a seismic shift in music history that Dave caught at the perfect age, and unpack the way we can attach …
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This week we’re releasing two new episodes on the same theme: the first album you remember where music held the place that is means to you now — what we call ‘becoming musically sentient.’ Caleb takes us way back to fifth grade when music videos on MTV were the most influential thing in the pop universe and a certain (extremely problematic) king of…
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Summer is here and along with it comes numerous excuses to gather in someone’s backyard to grill out (or, barbecue / BBQ if you’re from the midwest. We see you, Texas.) What are the most important things to consider when creating your playlist for a backyard BBQ? From target audience to volume to what purpose music serves in these settings, Dave & …
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Two guys who have never done any hard drugs choose the best album for a hallucinogenic drug experience. Why? Because they’ve seen every movie and television depiction of the experience, good and bad, from the last 30+ years and have a pretty clear idea of how to establish criteria for such an experience. As long as, you know, you too are less inter…
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In the last of the launch week episodes, Dave and Caleb figure out the Best Album For Apologizing to Your Kids. What music would work best in the background of modeling emotional health and doing the hard work of repairing with your kids? Along the way, they discover that many of the great apology songs are surrounded by songs that are completely i…
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In the second of three launch week episodes, Dave and Caleb choose their Best Album For a nearly universal human experience — Cratering a Social Network. What kind of music would someone listen to if they were making the choices that a certain social media exec has been making over the last several months? Along the way, they get nostalgic for Walm…
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It’s launch week, and in the first of three episodes, Dave and Caleb present their picks for the Best Album For Starting a Podcast. They find a not-so-deep cut from 1995 that captures all of their hopes and dreams for this new venture, and then discuss what to do with albums that once fit the topic perfectly but now are shrouded in controversy and …
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Caleb Gardner is the CEO and Founder of a consulting group, 18 Coffees. He is also the author of a new book, "No Point B". The book touches base on a lot of the work Caleb has been doing in his career, over the last 10 years, including political organizing with President Obama and having run part of his digital infrastructure in the 2nd administrat…
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Stephen Kohler is the Founder and CEO of Audira Labs LLC, a boutique leadership development firm offering one-on-one coaching and team development, but with a bit of a twist, by using music as a lens. Stephen is also a lifelong musician who started playing the trumpet and later discovered electric guitar. He is now also a singer and songwriter, eve…
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