10 Bestest Podcast

10 Bestest

Brian Hart, Karen McFarlane Holman
Each week Karen McFarlane Holman & Brian Hart spend their time curating the world’s coolest things and then pass them along to you. 10 Bestest is a condensed way for you to learn new things to enhance various aspects of your life. We (Brian Hart & Karen McFarlane Holman) take turns spending two minutes describing something – a “cool sheet” – that we use or enjoy. When two minutes are up, Boom! The other host shifts onto the next topic, giving a total of ten cool sheets for each show. Our #coolsheets vary widely: a gadget, a book, a nonprofit, a movie, an app, a life philosophy… anything goes! You can then find out more about each cool sheet by clicking the links that we provide here on 10bestest.com along with each episode.
Episode 233 | Darkest Sky, Amazing Humans, Water Science & More!
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!
Apr 25, 2022
39 min
Episode 232 | Better Than an Air Fryer, Morning Pages, Pirates and more!
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
Apr 11, 2022
45 min
Episode 231 | Underwater music, illusionary makeup, interpretive dance that is awesome and more!
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
Mar 28, 2022
40 min
Episode 230 | Drones Planting Trees, Films for Action, Sound Art, & More!
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
Mar 7, 2022
42 min
#229 | Girls Make Games, Sci-Fi book,Telescopes, and more!
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
Feb 21, 2022
41 min
#288 | Sauna Blankets, How to Signal For Help, Friendship and more!
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!
Feb 14, 2022
44 min
#227 | Mel Robbins, Graham Norton, Best of Sundance, and more!
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!
Feb 7, 2022
40 min
#226 | The Wire 20 yrs later, James Webb, Treat Yo Self, Production hack, Digital magazine & more!
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!
Jan 31, 2022
43 min
#225 | Psychology, The Room, Bloodwork, Flow, & more! Stay curious!
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
Jan 24, 2022
49 min
#224 | Almost cool sheets!
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
Jan 17, 2022
47 min
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