Random magical music discovery moments are pretty special and Brian shares some of his most recent and treasured. This musician and band are staying in his current rotation. He also shares two of his favorite social media people who are getting him through the reality of life and transporting him to entertainment bliss, including one that saved Christmas for him! He wraps it up with a piece of home tech that is a bit extravagant but is the perfect solution in his bathroom. Karen shares some fantastic new tech appearing in clothing, her favorite TV show of the moment, a couple of great ways to start the year, and a kitchen item that has been a game-changer for her! Do you have some random magical musical moments? We would love to hear about them. If you think of someone who would enjoy these topics, please share it with them; it helps us out. We hope you learn daily with us. Don’t forget to stay curious! Thank you! Listen here or on your favorite podcast app. Also, check us out on YouTube: youtube.com/10bestest. If you enjoy the show, please share it with a friend. It helps us spread the word. Thank you!

Brian shares the fabulous newsletter "Brands Taking Stands," which he enjoys reading to find out which corporations are doing good in the world. Karen talks about one of the best-named companies, Who Gives a Crap. Brian also shares some of the best financial literacy resources he's found in the last year and two purchases that he is enjoying, including one that he has claimed to be one of the best purchases he has made in a couple of years. Karen shares one of the most incredible rock venues on earth, her favorite language-learning app, and a beer she actually loves! Karen also finally jumps on the EV train, shares her best experiences, and talks about how she went from being skeptical to an advocate of EVs. If you think of someone who would enjoy these topics, please share it with them; it helps us out. We hope you learn daily with us. Don’t forget to stay curious! Thank you! Listen here or on your favorite podcast app. Also, check us out on YouTube: youtube.com/10bestest. If you enjoy the show, please share it with a friend. It helps us spread the word. Thank you!

The Lost Episode has been found! Way back in June 2023, as a fundraiser for our beloved local radio station, we did a special episode of 10 Bestest. It was our first in over a year and the only new episode we have done since. We aren't saying it is our last episode, but we still are unsure when our next one will be. The good news is this one is almost 55 minutes long as we catch up and share not ten but twelve cool sheets! We cover what was once groundbreaking AI, our favorite books, TV shows, games, humans, food, and so much more! Please enjoy the lost episode! If you think of someone who would enjoy these topics, please share it with them; it helps us out. We hope you learn daily with us. Don’t forget to stay curious! Thank you! Listen here or on your favorite podcast app. Also, check us out on YouTube: youtube.com/10bestest. If you enjoy the show, please share it with a friend. It helps us spread the word. Thank you!

 This week, Karen shares the biggest darkest sky, a water non-profit trying to change the world, a cool time-lapse feature built-in Google Earth, a hilarious YouTube channel, and water attraction and repulsion science. Brian shares a great app to get out of your podcast rut. Plus, two unique humans, Amy Herman, will teach you to expand your perspective, and James Hoffmann will teach you everything you want to know about coffee and more! He also shares a great special effects YouTube show for anyone that enjoys TV or movies and a fantastic recovery tool! If you think of someone that would enjoy these topics, please share it with them; it helps us out. We hope you learn every day with us and don’t forget to stay curious! Thank you! Listen here or on your favorite podcast app. Also, check us out on YouTube youtube.com/10bestest. If you enjoy the show, please share it with a friend. It helps us spread the word. Thank you!

This week Brian shares his newest kitchen gadget that is better than an air fryer, one of his favorite TikTok chefs, and one of his favorite foodie websites. Plus, he shares an article that explains why baby carrots come are always wet and a newsletter to learn something new every day. Karen shares the best map app, an incredibly creative book, the most unique pirate show, and a podcast for the best travel hacks! She also shares the science behind biomass and biofuels. If you think of someone that would enjoy these topics, please share it with them; it helps us out. We hope you learn every day with us, and don’t forget to stay curious! Thank you! Listen here or on your favorite podcast app. Also, check us out on YouTube youtube.com/10bestest. Show notes on our website 10bestest.com/airfryer. If you enjoy the show, please share it with a friend. It helps us spread the word. Thank you! <3

This week Karen shares the exceptional underwater music performance of Between Music that you will have to see to believe. She also shares the Dance Your Ph.D. Contest and the science of the water-splitting reaction. Then she shares a great book by Albert Camus called Create Dangerously and the international fixed calendar and asks you if you would like to adopt something like it. Brian shares his newest favorite curated newsletter, Refind, his two favorite drone YouTube channels, and the amazing illusionary makeup of Mimi Choi that you will also have to see to believe! Then he shares his favorite TikTok dancer, who is a perfect mix of comedy and talent, and 100 Ways to Slightly Improve Your Life Without Really Trying. If you think of someone that would enjoy these topics, please share it with them; it helps us out. We hope you learn every day with us and don’t forget to stay curious! Thank you! Listen here or on your favorite podcast app. Also, check us out on YouTube youtube.com/10bestest. If you enjoy the show, please share it with a friend. It helps us spread the word. Thank you! <3

Brian shares Drones Planting Trees with the incredible company Drone Seed. He also explains why Dan Mace is his newest favorite Filmmaking YouTuber, a fantastic sound art website and podcast, Constellations. Brian also explains why he changed his mind about the electric toothbrush and his favorite cooking YouTube channel of the moment, Adam Ragusea. Karen shares a beautiful animated poem, Singularity by Marie Howe, the DIY game Kahoot, and the non-profit, Films for Action. She also shares a cool new alternative burial method that helps coral reefs and uses science to answer the age-old question, why is the sky blue? If you think of someone that would enjoy these topics, please share it with them; it helps us out. We hope you learn every day with us and don’t forget to stay curious! Thank you! Listen here or on your favorite podcast app. Show notes on our website 10bestest.com/girls. Also, check us out on YouTube youtube.com/10bestest. If you enjoy the show, please share it with a friend. It helps us spread the word. Thank you! <3

This week Karen shares the great company Girls Make Games. Their mission is to inspire the next generation of designers, creators, and engineers. She also discovers a beautiful and essential documentary project, Sal y Cielo, points us to an article to help you pick out your first telescope, a new fuel source in Japan, and explains why salt makes food taste better. Brian shares a great sci-fi book full of insane action, his favorite new health podcast right now, and two exercise hacks to pair with it. He also shares a short video series by Dan Pink. If you love this show, you will love this video series, and lastly, he shares a collection of resources to help you become less judgemental of others and yourself. If you think of someone that would enjoy these topics, please share it with them; it helps us out. We hope you learn every day with us and don't forget to stay curious! Thank you! Listen here or on your favorite podcast app. Show notes on our website 10bestest.com/girls. Also, check us out on YouTube youtube.com/10bestest. If you enjoy the show, please share it with a friend it really helps us spread the word. Thank you! <3

This week Brian shares his Higher Dose sauna blanket Review. He also shares a fun animated short that spans the world and a couple of the only supplement companies he completely trusts. He also shares how the quirky-cool Hollywood star Jeff Goldblum taught him to be a better person, why we make snap first impressions, and how to slow it down to make better ones before we do or say something we regret. Karen shares quite possibly the most crucial cool sheet we have ever talked about, the international 'Signal For Help". She also shares a whimsical book she loved and the first one by Hank Green, the incredible science that makes light EMITTING plants, after which Brian completely loses his mind. But wait, there's more. She also shares an article called "That Gummy Jungle" and emotion categorizations. Spoiler alert! There are way more than you thought! Listen here or on your favorite podcast app. Show notes on our website 10bestest.com/heat. Want to see our faces? Check out our YouTube Channel youtube.com/10bestest If you think of someone that would enjoy these topics, please share it with them; it helps us out. We hope you learn every day with us and don't forget to stay curious! Thank you!

This week, Karen shares a top-notch podcast series by Mel Robbins called "Here's Exactly What To Do." She also shares one of her favorite board games, a movie that she only saw once years ago. However, she can still remember almost every part of it and how the fantastic technology of 2-D polymers will change our future forever. Lastly, she talks about a great TED-ED video and ponders if animals have a language. Brian doesn't like talk shows, but the Graham Norton Show is his one exception. Find out why and how you can watch it, too, even if you don't have AMC+. He also shares the myth of the Alpha Wolf and why we have it all wrong, and his top 3 movies from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Listen here or on your favorite podcast app. Show notes on our website 10bestest.com/exactly, and don' forget to catch us on YouTube at youtube.com/10bestest. If you think of someone that would enjoy these topics, please share it with them; it helps us out. We hope you learn every day with us and don't forget to stay curious! Thank you!

Even though "The Wire' is usually ranked in the top 3 shows of all time, Brian explains how the Wire is still underrated. He is also learning how to embrace the "Treat Yo Self" lifestyle and shares how the Elgato Stream Deck became an instant 'cool sheet' and is a game-changer for way more than just streaming! Within the first day of unboxing it, he cut his edit time of the 10 Bestest YouTube show in half, and that is just scratching the surface of what this thing can do. Brian also shares how the movie "The Grizzly Man" still lives in his brain and how he finally gave in and fell in love with the Kindle Paperwhite. Karen shares the fantastic wonder of the James Webb Space Telescope and what we can expect from it now that it has reached its final landing spot. She also shares History Through the Eyes of Chickens and a great digital magazine called, Knowable. She also shares her new Bluetooth sunglasses and a bot website that will have you laughing so hard you might start crying. Listen here or on your favorite podcast app. Show notes on our website 10bestest.com/thewire, and don' forget to catch us on YouTube at youtube.com/10bestest. If you think of someone that would enjoy these topics, please share it with them; it helps us out. We hope you learn every day with us and don't forget to stay curious! Thank you!

Have you ever entered a room to do something and suddenly forget what it was? There is a psychological explanation for that! Karen shares this wild phenomenon and a fantastic organization that helps BIPOC humans feel more inclusive in the surfing community, a wicked crowdfunded from the outback that has us chuffed, and what invented languages can teach us. She also shares a great book summary video of the book "Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Finally, learning how to say his name is worth the price of admission! Brian shares why the movie "The Room' not be the worst movie ever made but one of the most brilliant and the book that is even crazier and better than the movie. He also shares a tremendous sugar-free supplement for those of you that hate the taste of plain water but don't like other flavored kinds from the store. Plus, his favorite blood biomarker company that will teach you everything you need to know about your health for a maximum healthspan, his favorite pillow, and his favorite meme Instagram account of the moment. Listen here or on your favorite podcast app. Don' forget to catch us on YouTube at youtube.com/10bestest. Show notes are on our website. 10bestest.com/doorway If you think of someone that would enjoy these topics, please share it with them; it helps us out. We hope you learn every day with us and don't forget to stay curious! Thank you! <3

This week Karen & Brian share their 'almost cool sheets.' Maybe not a full-fledged cool sheet, but still pretty cool. The best part is we go even more rapid-fire and talk about 20 different things ranging from a wide variety of topics. This is an episode you won't want to miss. Listen here or on your favorite podcast app. Show notes on our website www.10bestest.com/almost2021. Catch us on YouTube at youtube.com/10bestest. If you are enjoying the show, please share it with a friend. Thank you! <3

After a couple of weeks off, we are back with a new episode! This week we share our favorite cool sheets of 2021. It wasn't easy, but we picked our five favorites from various topics: science, health, the brain, moss piglets, creative resources, YouTube channels, movies, humans, and more. Listen here or on your favorite podcast app and check out all the show note links on our website, 10bestest.com/bestof2021. For a bite-sized video version, check us out on YouTube at youtube.com/10bestest. If you enjoy the show, please tell your friends. Thank you! <3

This week Brian shares a wonderful project that will push the limits for some, a video on how to time-lapse mushrooms, 9 ways to rewild your attention, the 1000 dreams fund, and the mascot whisperer! Karen shares how to be better at asking and receiving help, New Year's traditions from around the world, a delightful poetry podcast, white oaks, at catalysis. Listen here or on your favorite podcast app. Show notes on our website, 10bestest.com/sidewalk. Check out our YouTube channel for shorter bites youtube.com/10bestest. If you are digging the show please share it with a friend. Thank you! ❤️

This week Karen shares a body-positive human and her book, a cutting edge company looking at alternative energy, some killer bread, an excellent podcast to help you deal with grief, and earth-abundant metals. Brian shares a company trying to keep your apples crisp, why being single doesn't mean being lonely, an excellent app for alternatives to 911, the magic behind canned food shelf life, and how to rest well. Listen here or on your favorite podcast app. Show notes on our website 10bestest.com/body. And check out our youtube channel at youtube.com/10bestest. If you are enjoying the show, please share it with a friend. Thank you!

This week Brian shares why men love to throw rocks in water, the best cognitive bias resource he's ever seen, the stranger than fiction story of sushi in America. He also shares the easiest and possibly best kitchen hack you can use in your everyday life and an inspiring company that could change the denim industry forever! Karen shares the power of hypnosis, her favorite new show of the moment, a beautiful children's book for everyone, a sweet side hustle, and seven joyful alternatives to meditation. Listen here or on your favorite podcast app. Show notes on our website 10bestest.com/rocks. Don't forget to check the show in bite-sized chunks on our YouTube channel, youtube.com/10bestest. If you are enjoying the show, please share it with a friend. Thank you! <3

This week Brian & Karen share their best tips for giving better gifts. Ideas and methods include every budget and even hard to please people. These gift-giving tips will even help you become a better human. You don't want to miss this one! Listen on your favorite podcast app! Show notes on our website www.10bestest.com/gifts If you enjoy the show please share it with a friend. Thank you! <3 Check us out on youtube! www.youtube.com/10bestest.

This week we have an extraordinary episode. It is not only our annual thank you episode, where Brian shares his favorite cool sheets that Karen initially talked about and vice versa, but it is also our 5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY EPISODE! It's hard to believe that we have been doing this for five years already. What a wild ride it has been! Thank you for all the support. We really appreciate all of our loyal listeners that have been here all five years and to all of our new listeners. If you enjoy the show, please share it with a friend so we can continue for another five! Listen here or on your favorite podcast app. Check our website for the show notes 10bestest.com/thankyou2021 and our youtube channel to see the pod and our faces in bite-sized chunks, youtube.com/10bestest. Thank you!

This week Karen shares the importance of the TED Countdown project and Project 562. She also shares a 105-year-old runner, a mixtape podcast episode, and the science behind maple syrup. Brian shares the Ocean Conservancy, Marine Traffic, 20 new words into the dictionary, Japanese philosophies that help you spend money consciously, and an excellent podcast for editors and film lovers. Listen here or on your favorite podcast app. Show notes on our website 10bestest.com/countdown. Check out our YouTube channel youtube.com/10bestest. If you are enjoying the show, please share it with a friend. It really helps us out. Thank you!