292 | what a year it's been

Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew

Shawn Johnson + Andrew East

Society & Culture

5.0 • 39.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In this episode, we’re taking a moment to reflect on our past year together- and honestly, what a year it’s been. We’re walking through everything that happened: the trips we never imagined we’d take, the amazing guests we've had on this show, the chaos that came with doing Special Forces, writing our upcoming book, settling into a new house, and all the unexpected highs and lows in between. This year challenged us, stretched us, and changed us in ways we’re still processing, but it also reminded us how lucky we are to do life- and this podcast, together. Most importantly, we just want to say thank you. We truly wouldn’t be here without you- our listeners. Your support, messages, and encouragement mean more to us than we can ever fully explain. We’re beyond grateful to have this community and so excited to celebrate another year of Couple Things with you. Here’s to what’s next 🤍 Love you guys! Shawn and Andrew Omaha Steaks ▶ Save big on gourmet gifts and more holiday favorites with Omaha Steaks. Visit https://www.OmahaSteaks.com. And for an extra $35 off, use code EASTFAM at checkout!! Follow our podcast Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/shawnandandrewpods/ Follow My Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/ShawnJohnson Follow My Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@shawnjohnson Shop My LTK Page ▶ https://www.shopltk.com/explore/shawnjohnson Like the Facebook page! ▶ https://www.facebook.com/ShawnJohnson Follow Andrew’s Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/AndrewDEast Andrew’s Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewdeast?lang=en (00:00) why a year in review (00:42) moving into our new house (01:45) our special forces experience (02:23) a brand new book (03:39) the trip of a lifetime (06:10) college game day and pvf (06:35) beam kids + instant hydration (07:14) charity involvement (07:45) tijuana, family trips, a doctorate & more (11:40) how much you all loved the special forces episodes (16:25) connecting with arthur brooks (20:14) more special forces love (21:50) behind the scenes at the olympics (24:42) special forces and cutting back commentary (25:45) getting to interview the best people (32:21) comments from you all (32:55) this year’s stats (34:26) what we’re grateful for in 2025 + looking ahead to 2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody? Welcome back to a couple things.
0:02.3	With Sean and Andrew.
0:03.2	Today is the 2025 year in review.
0:06.4	We do these year reviews as much for us as we do for you.
0:10.4	I love stopping and reflecting, thinking about everything that we went through this past year,
0:15.4	everything we accomplished, everyone we met.
0:17.7	And hopefully it's helpful for you as well.
0:19.9	For those who have been long-time listeners,
0:21.8	this is now our sixth year of this show. And the year-in reviews are always like a pinch me
0:28.1	moment where it's like, I can't believe we talked to that person or I can't believe this comment
0:31.8	happened that really made all of this feel very meaningful. So it's been a heck of a year. And I thought we might just
0:38.2	start by doing some milestones talking about some big things that have happened this year,
0:43.6	because there was a lot. A lot. I think it was one of the busiest years we've ever had. We
0:48.4	built a new house, which we just got into. That's right. Just crazy. We did. We'll probably
0:54.0	be sharing more about the house on this show in the next couple weeks, but we haven't really talked about that on the show much. On the main channel, we have a little bit. We moved in the week before Christmas, adding a move to the Christmas chaos. I'm not sure I would recommend it. I don't think I would, I was thinking about that. I'm not sure I'd do that again. Because we got the kids home, no school, everyone's sick. Yeah. You're traveling. So we were in our house for like three nights before we started the holiday travel. Well, and we moved out of our old house a month before we moved into the new house.
1:28.7	Yeah.
1:29.0	We moved in with my parents.
1:30.9	We took a week-long vacation.
1:33.0	We were just uprooted for a really long time, and it was crazy.
1:38.7	I think I'm still coming off of it.
1:40.1	And yeah.
1:42.2	That was a milestone, and that came right on the heels of another milestone,
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