Well, welcome everybody to this special end of the year slash 700 episodes special podcast episode here.

I am so glad that you are here and I'm so glad to be doing this special episode where we get to read out listener comments

and talk about some of the interesting statistical information behind the show and give

some shoutouts and so forth.

You know, it really kind of worked out.

I reached about 700 episodes right here as we are approaching the end of the year.

And I always like to do a sort of special end of the year podcast episode anyways.

So it all kind of worked out.

So today we are going to be giving shoutouts and thank yous.

We're going to be talking about downloads and statistical

information behind the podcast and, of course, reading out your comments. Let's get going. The

The All right, so the very first thing that I want to do is wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

I hope that everyone has an awesome holiday season here, spent with friends and family and just a wonderful time.

I am definitely looking forward to the new year.

I'm looking forward to a brand new year of podcasting.

This year I'm planning on getting into some old-time radio programs that I have not aired yet.

So I'm very excited about that.

I'm also planning on getting back to a more regular,

consistent schedule of when I release these. We'll talk more about that later.

The very first thing that I want to do is give a shout out to all of my listeners.

I want to thank all of you for listening and supporting

the podcast. It means the world to me that so many people have taken an interest in this podcast.

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