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Best Album ForSeeing AliensDave 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 friends with Marvin Gaye's classic What's Going On?, and confesses something that leaves Dave stunned. And Dave finally presents DJ Koze and attempts to find words to explain why he is so spellbound. Plus, what...2024-05-2039 minBest Album ForA High Speed ChaseWhat'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 and swing music improbably had its grips around our collective imagination. Plus, the single scariest moment of young Dave's life. Also, what we're listening to this week, including a band we love with the most...2024-04-3039 minBest Album ForNot Selling Out (With Vince Brackett!)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 strangest bands to have ever momentarily hit it big (Primus, Butthole Surfers), artists who made giant left turns to restart their career (Rebecca Black!), aging rock stars who pump out albums that seem wholly disconnected from their vital da...2024-04-091h 07
LeadershitThe Case Against TikTok, and Rethinking Imposter SyndromeCaleb and Adriele go through the week’s news including election updates, upcoming Supreme Court hearings, Apple and Google’s potential AI partnership, Walmart’s strategy to teach compassion to store managers, and what it means that offices could soon spy on your stress levels. Then, they go deep on the potential TikTok ban, including why lawmakers seem so eager to pass the ban, what backlash they could incur, and if there is an actual good reason for the legislation. [26:52] Next, they propose rethinking imposter syndrome, including the origins of the concept, how intersectionality calls its value into question, and wh...2024-03-191h 07LeadershitYounger Workers are Disengaged, and the Oscars Are (Still) So WhiteCaleb and Adriele unpack President Biden’s State of the Union address, Trump’s courting of Elon Musk, and the House Republicans’ effort to ban TikTok. Next, they look at the week in business news including how some major corporations are trying to take down the National Labor Relations Board, some new data on who’s really working from home, and how AI is likely to increase energy usage and accelerate climate misinformation.
Then, a new Gallup poll says that younger workers are checked out in the workplace. Caleb leads a deep dive on why is this happening...2024-03-1253 minLeadershitNavigating Politics in the Workplace, and an Update on the DEI BacklashCaleb and Adriele take a lap around the week’s biggest stories, including the Supreme Court’s decision on Trump’s ballot eligibility, radio hosts targeting Black voters with faked AI images, Wendy’s surge pricing strategy, the Kellogg’s CEO’s “Let them eat Flakes” moment, and Apple’s huge fine from the EU and what it says that foreign countries are regulating American businesses better than America. Then, they have a wide-ranging conversation about navigating politics in the workplace in 2024 as we lead up to the November election. How should companies prepare to support their employees through a volatile electio...2024-03-051h 17Best Album ForIntroducing Your Kids to Hip HopWe 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’s timeless masterpiece, The Low End Theory, and Jurassic 5’s rap primer for white people, Quality Control. Plus, we build our rap album and artist hall of fame. Plus, what are we listening to this week?
2024-03-0453 minLeadershitA Vision for the Black Experience in the Workplace (with John Graham!)Caleb and Adriele are joined by John Graham, Jr., humanity practitioner and culture transformation consultant whose work centers on improving the lived experiences of marginalized employee populations. They talk about Black History Month and John’s vision for the state of the Black experience in the workplace. [29:40] Before that, Caleb and Adriele work through several news stories from the week, including the aftermath of the South Carolina Republican primary, the pending Supreme Court decision about social media, Google Gemini’s “diverse” Nazi images, Home Depot being ordered to reinstate an employee who quit over a Black Lives Matter logo, Reddit g...2024-02-271h 21LeadershitHow Entrepreneurs Can Be Architects of Liberatory Change (with Pamela Slim!)Caleb and Adriele are joined by Pamela Slim, award winning author, and a small business and licensing IP expert who has spent three decades helping people scale their business. They chat about community work that she's doing with BIPOC entrepreneurs and how to be “architect of liberatory change.” [25:41] But first, they dig into the outcome of Trump’s New York civil fraud trial, a new suit brought by New York City against social media giants, including Google, for not protecting children from the harms of their software, and their reactions to the demo of OpenAI’s text-to-video software, Sora. All that...2024-02-201h 08LeadershitWhy Meta is Suppressing Political Content, and How to Check in on Your EmployeesCaleb and Adriele break down the boring-til-it-wasn’t Super Bowl including a rash of ho-hum ads, a puzzling decision from Uber Eats, and, most importantly, Beyoncé. They look at a wild week in politics, including a decision in Trump’s immunity case, Republicans justifying his remarks threatening to incite Russia to attack America’s NATO allies, and a Special Counsel statement with which Biden took serious exception. And they unpack new data from Edelman, including why people now dislike innovation. Then, Caleb leads a deep dive on the feasibility and ramifications of Meta’s choice to silence political content on Thread...2024-02-131h 09LeadershitOur Favorite 2023 Deep Dives: “Feedforward,” Psychological Safety, and the Economics of HappinessTo celebrate our upcoming 50th episode, we chose our three favorite deep dives from our first year. First up from episode 31 in September, why “feedback” has become so scary, and why “feedforward” is a counterproductive term. [1:03] Next, from episode 14 in May, what it means to create psychological safety in your workplace—especially for Black women, many of whom are bringing workplace trauma with them from prior jobs. [21:50] And finally from episode 42 in December, a deep dive on how economic inequality and unhappiness are intertwined. [40:33] We'll be back next week with a brand new episode. Thank you to everyone who has suppor...2024-01-191h 09Best Album ForA New YearDave 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, In Colour. Along the way, they unpack what it was like to first be exposed to Prince as kids in largely conservative environments, and the daunting task that is working through Prince’s catalog. Before that, they talk through the things...2024-01-091h 00LeadershitPredictions for 2024Caleb and Adriele close out the year by reflecting on 2023 and sharing their thoughts on the upcoming year with six predictions about 2024, including predictions about AI [5:48], social media [15:05], worker empowerment [24:26], the future of DEI and ESG [31:03], the economy [38:20], and politics [43:05]. They also discuss their own futures, the importance of setting goals and taking agency over the future, and the need to stay active and healthy, including the usefulness of under desk treadmills. Share your predictions with us on Instagram at @Leadersh_t.
Hosts: Caleb Gardner and Adriele Parker
Producer: Dave Sandell2023-12-2954 minBest Album For2023 (Our Top Tens Episode!)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 Branch - Fly of Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
Jamila Woods - Water Made Us2023-12-281h 12Best Album ForLet's Make a Christmas Mixtape!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 where on the mixtape it goes. Merry Christmas!
Hosts: Dave Sandell & Caleb Gardner
Spotify playlist
Apple playlist2023-12-211h 02Best Album ForChristmastimeDecember 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 Very Special Christmas with artists like Run DMC, Whitney Houston, Madonna and U2 can immediately get you in the spirit of the season. Meanwhile, Dave suggests an album that may be new to many list...2023-12-0142 minBest Album ForGetting into Caleb & Dave's Favorite BandDave 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)) 2023-11-221h 09Best Album ForSweater WeatherThe 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 Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago and Yo La Tengo's I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One, plus many, many more recommendations (but no Nick Drake, apparently. How did we forget about Nick Drake?)
2023-11-1455 minBest Album For2:00 AM Becoming 1:00Daylight 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.
Music discussed this week:
Portishead - Dummy
M83 - Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
Young Thug - Jeffrey
Jamie XX - In Colour
Nin...2023-11-0641 minBest Album ForSpooky SeasonHalloween 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 season.
Music discussed today:
John Carpenter's Halloween Soundtrack (1978)
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
Nine Inch Nails
Fever Ray & The Knife (song featured from Fever Ray's...2023-10-3047 minLeadershitQ&A Episode: Taking Sides, Helping Employees, Non-Union Action, and MoreCaleb and Adriele answer another round of listener-submitted questions. Why do people expect every company and person to take one side or another? [1:57] How can we mitigate the negative effects of the internet on employees? [19:55] How can non-union workers get corporations to align to their needs? [24:58] Plus, what podcasts, newsletters and other media do they pay attention to and what’s the best album for considering who’s getting it right and who’s stepping in it this week? [31:22]
Hosts: Caleb Gardner & Adriele Parker
Producer: Dave Sandell
Discus...2023-10-2647 minBest Album ForBecoming a Swiftie (with Sydney Bauer!)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 and three weeks to fully take them in, and then guided us through a proverbial walking tour of what makes Taylor so singular and beloved. We did our homework, and now we're ready to...2023-10-191h 06Best Album ForStarting a Bar FightIf 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 roots with Iggy & the Stooges’ Raw Power and Caleb dips into 90s angst with The Offspring’s Smash.
Music featured today:
Iggy & the Stooges - Raw Power (Iggy...2023-10-101h 00Best Album ForTaking a Time Warp to 1966Dave 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 being in the audience to experience the power and magnitude of Nina Simone in the year she released Wild is the Wind.
Music discussed this week:
The Beatles - Revolver
Nina Simone...2023-09-251h 13Best Album ForGoing Home AgainThey 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 something to you as a kid and grow and mold with you as you get older, so that they feel both present and meaningful and "like home." They dive into the Smashing Pum...2023-09-121h 16Best Album ForStarting High SchoolDave 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 assignment — Blink 182 and the Beastie Boys — and dive into a classic and a little-less-classic album from each. Grab your trapper keeper and start the countdown to college as they pick the best album for starting high school!
Al...2023-09-061h 01LeadershitGetting RTO Right and Keeping Employees Engaged with Joe Mull!Caleb and Adriele are joined by Joe Mull, author of the new book Employalty: How to Ignite Commitment and Keep Top Talent in the New Age of Work. Together, they discuss how to create conditions at work that lead people to thrive, and how leaders can retain talent in the “Great Resignation” era. Before that conversation, they dive into this week’s news, including Goldman Sachs pressuring employees to return to the office five days a week, mortgage rates hitting all-time highs, the Maui wildfires, and menopause being added to health benefits. All that, plus a check-in on the Hollywo...2023-08-241h 05Best Album ForRetreating to the Woods (with Quentin Coaxum!)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 woods, including the lush “Sing to the Moon” by Laura Mvula that could accompany you on a walk in nature, and the lovely, dark and deep “No More Shall We Part” by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds that is better suited to a cabin in...2023-08-2458 minBest Album ForJumping in a Lake With Your FriendsDave 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+ years all kind of sounds the same, and how that affects the mood of a party as opposed to music from every decade prior to 2000 that transports us back to a specific time...2023-08-1751 minBest Album ForDriving by a Group of YouthsIn 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 you are cool. Also, they have an episode-long conversation about 90s hip hop, Kendrick Lamar’s best album and more. Plus, they answer the age-old question: Are the Misfits a band or a ve...2023-08-0957 minBest Album ForBurying a Body with a FriendYou 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 and how they fine tuned their picks for such an unseemly topic. It’s a doozy, people. Along the way, they talk about how much screaming is too much in metal music, revi...2023-08-0157 minBest Album ForWorking Out When You Don't Want ToDave 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.
Music discussed today:
Minor Threat - Out of Step
The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
The Prodigy - Fat of the Land
2023-07-2651 minLeadershitWill AI Kill Creativity? And Why We Should Value Middle ManagersCaleb and Adriele discuss several news stories from the week, including BlackRock adding Saudi Aramco to its board, the Stein lawsuits, innovative ways cities are approaching the housing crisis, and men returning to the office faster than women. Plus, they check in on the state of Threads and Twitter (read Caleb’s op-ed in Crain’s here) and react to new research that says treatment of workers is the ESG issue that matters most to people. Then, Adriele goes deep on companies ignoring middle managers, despite strong middle managers leading to better retention and financial outcomes. And Caleb wonders, with...2023-07-201h 10Best Album ForGetting Work Done at a Coffee ShopDave 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 - Mushroom Jazz Vol. 4
Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool
Quentin Coaxum - You & I
Nico Segal - Tell the Ghosts Welcome Home
DJ...2023-07-191h 04LeadershitBlack Unemployment, and is Meta’s Threads Just “Zombie Twitter”?Adriele and Caleb are back and their mental health is iffy as they dive into the week’s news: the Earth is getting hotter as temperatures break records, but our ESG progress is stalling and unsold EV stock is piling up. Meanwhile, Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement, Apple cuts its outlook for the Vision Pro, and the US and EU reach a landmark data sharing agreement. Then, Adriele goes deep on why Black unemployment is so high, and all the structural problems around it. Next, Caleb spins a verbal knot around Threads, Meta’s new Twit...2023-07-141h 09Best Album ForSolo Road TripDave 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 Life Recorder 21f”
Christine and the Queens - Paranoia, Angels, True Love
Counting Crows - This Desert Life
Nico Segal / Donnie Trumpet & the Social...2023-07-111h 10LeadershitWhat the End of Affirmative Action Means, and Can a Company Be Too Big?Adriele and Caleb celebrate their 1000th download of Leadersh*t! Meanwhile, TikTok is getting into publishing, Meta is fighting European regulators, facial recognition is becoming commonplace, and a federal judge tells the Biden administration it can’t communicate with social media platforms. Then, Adriele unpacks the Supreme Court decision to effectively end affirmative action for college admissions, and what this means for corporate hiring and DEI teams (spoiler: it’s bad.) Next, Caleb asks a big question: what happens when a company becomes too big and too influential to regulate? All that, plus Adriele’s book on inclusive leadership reache...2023-07-061h 02Best Album ForListening to Music in the First Half of 2023 (Best of 2023 so far...)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.
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Albums recommended in this episode (not in this order):
boygenius - the record
Brutalismus 3000 - ULTRAKUNST
Debby Friday - “So Hard to Tell”
Indigo D’Souza - All of This Will End
Kara Jackson - Why Does the Eart...2023-07-041h 07LeadershitDid BlackRock Just Kill ESG? And Why White Leaders Have Few Diverse FriendsCaleb and Adriele talk about the Supreme Court season, including the elections and affirmative action cases, as well as Starbucks' Pride fiasco and Vanderbilt's careless handling of trans patient records. Then, they turn their eye towards a new study that says most employees say their well-being has worsened or stayed the same, but their bosses think it's gotten better. Next, they deep dive on BlackRock CEO Larry Fink's decision to no longer use the term “ESG” and predict the fallout. They also work through the impact of most white American leaders not having diverse friend groups, especially in the cont...2023-06-2953 minBest Album ForDecompressing After a Long DayWe 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 & Caleb Gardner
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Albums recommended in this episode:
Flume - Skin
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - The...2023-06-2851 minBest Album ForBecoming Musically Sentient, Part 2 (Dave)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 ourselves to both music and musicians in powerful ways.
We want to hear from you! What was the album where you awoke to music holding a deep place in your heart? We...2023-06-2252 minBest Album ForBecoming Musically Sentient (Part 1: Caleb)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 pop caused him to first diverge from his parent’s musical influence. (Dave’s episode will be released later this week.)
We want to hear from you! What was the album where you aw...2023-06-2052 minLeadershitQ&A Episode: Target, AI, Apple Vision Pro and moreCaleb and Adriele answer listener-submitted questions. What should Target have done? Is AI art theft? Can you imagine working in a VR environment? Plus, how did they find themselves in the careers they have, and how can we best communicate to bring people along on things like digital transformation? All that plus travel wins and losses, and a brand new podcast from Caleb and producer Dave Sandell, Best Album For. 2023-06-1551 minBest Album ForElevating a Backyard BBQSummer 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 & Caleb have you covered. Don’t miss a cornucopia of honorable mentions to get you started on a legendary mix.
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Today’s deep dives:
The Av...2023-06-131h 05Best Album ForDoing Peyote in the WoodsTwo 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 interested in the actual experience and more interested in the imagination exercise of music to levitate to. It’s a public service, people. Along the way, they talk about two very important albums in the Dave & Caleb cano...2023-06-1351 minLeadershitThe Value of Praise over Criticism, and Why AI is Coming for Middle ManagementCaleb and Adriele look at the Republicans entering the presidential race, Chick Fil-A's DEI backlash and what it means for other companies, 3M's $10 billion fine, and how returning to the office can be like a 2-3% pay cut. Then, they go deep on research that says middle management may be most hit by AI, and what that means in light of other research that says middle management jobs are often meaningless. Will it be a chance for people to flourish or will most people flounder? Next, research says that great managers spend more time on praise than criticism. All...2023-06-0858 minBest Album ForApologizing to Your KidsIn 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 inappropriate for young minds, do a deep dive on what folk music they’re drawn to, and recall the singular pre-streaming experience of spending $20 on a record for one good song and the rest of it being ve...2023-06-0656 minBest Album ForCratering a Social NetworkIn 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 Walmart electronic sections with edited album covers and one way in and one way out. Also, what are they listening to this week?
Hosts: Dave Sandell & Caleb Gardner
[SPOILER AL...2023-06-0646 min
Best Album ForBest Album for Starting a PodcastIt’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 scandal, and try not to touch the third rail as they parse out if anything should be off limits for two white guys hosting a podcast in 2023. Also, what are they listening to this week?...2023-06-0640 minLeadershitThe Biggest Issues in Corporate Social Responsibility Right NowCaleb and Adriele do a deep dive into the biggest issues in social responsibility for business: the alphabet soup (CSR vs. ESG vs. DEI, IEB, IDEA, I&D, JEDI, etc), leading from an integrated place on social issues versus just responding to news cycles (and also responding to news cycles), and how hybrid work is skewing labor statistics. All that plus one non-work thing you should know about our hosts.
Hosts: Caleb Gardner and Adriele Parker
Producer: Dave Sandell2023-04-1358 min
LeadershitDEI vs. ESG, Section 230, and the Generational Divide in TechCaleb and Adriele debate the role of DEI vs. ESG, talk about the ramifications of older Supreme Court Justices deciding the future of the internet, and dip their toes into Meta Verified and Florida’s batsh*t education bill. All that, plus Scott Adams sticks his whole foot in it.
Hosts: Caleb Gardner (calebgardner.com) and Adriele Parker (adrieleparker.com)
Producer: Dave Sandell (davesandell.com)
Articles mentioned today:
“Hamstrung by ‘golden handcuffs’: Diversity roles disappear 3 years after George Floyd’s murder inspired them”
“If companies really want to do some goo...2023-03-0249 min
LeadershitDEI in 2023, the Metaverse gender gap and welcome to Leadersh*t!Caleb and Adriele go deep on why they’re creating Leadersh*t. Then, they puzzle out the Metaverse gender gap (and looming metaverse housing crisis?!) and break down the role of a Chief Diversity Officer in 2023—and why DEI efforts are stalling. All that plus Quantumania!
Hosts: Caleb Gardner (calebgardner.com) and Adriele Parker (adrieleparker.com)
Producer: Dave Sandell (davesandell.com)
Articles mentioned today:
There’s Already a Gender Gap in Who’s Leading the Metaverse: https://thenextweb.com/news/theres-already-a-gender-gap-in-whos-leading-the-metaverse
Hiring for Diversity Officers Stalls 2...2023-02-2445 min