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Best Practices Podcast Transcripts

Chris Best · 12 episodes with transcripts

Host Christ Best takes a deep dive into the origin stories behind the businesses.

Spoken has transcripts of 12 Best Practices episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 2, 2026.

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  | while IFS=' ' read -r id title; do
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Thomas Pearlman of Pearlman Premier Properties

October 2, 2026

Chris Best (0:05)

This is another episode of Best Practices. I just finished up interviewing Tom Pearls of Wisdom Pearlman and Holy Smokes. It was so, so good. I probably forgot to ask him a few things, but I got most all of them out. And he is just a legend in Ferndale. And, you know, Ferndale has basically kind of grown up around…

And just enjoy yourself, because this was really somebody I've been trying to get for a long time. I don't know what made him finally agree to interview me. I think it was the last city council meeting where I spoke on behalf of one of his other tenants. And he finally agreed, but I won him over in the end. So I'm…

Tom Pearlman (1:15)

Thank you for having me.

Chris Best (1:16)

Thank you for being here and taking the time out of your busy day. I've been trying to get you to talk to me for a while now, and I really appreciate you finally, finally agreeing to it. What made you kind of come around and want to talk to me?

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