This is an I-Heart podcast.

Guaranteed Human.

Give me money for cigarettes.

I'll never leave your filthy bed.

I stay in the night

and one night be able to

one beat and two or three years.

The kids are not all right.

But that's okay because no one here is

TV.

Hello, it is time for another podcast episode.

So let's teen the beat around.

Nope, I'm embarrassed. I even tried that one.

Okay, back to the drawing board. It's Daniel Official, and this is Teen Beat, a podcast where I interview interesting people about their teenage years, a time where they were possibly a little

less interesting. I'm looking to connect with these celebrities and get the awkward

truth, the embarrassing underbelly of life before the fame, when pimples and getting your driver's

license were your biggest concerns. And yes, face all these challenges while beamed to millions of

households as the female lead on a beloved family sitcom.

That was my life. So I see it like this. I gave you my childhood. It's time we hear yours.

And my guest this week turned his Denver, Colorado church upbringing, playing in bands with classmates,

into a multi-platinum Grammy-nominated career with songs that can bring you right back to an exact moment in your life with just a few opening notes. His band's debut album, 2005's How to Save a Life, went quadruple platinum and was part of a movement that bridged the gap for spiritually Christian rock music to enter the mainstream.

A feat once considered totally impossible. Their biggest hit, the title track off the album

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