Hey folks, Rufus here. As we get ready to say goodbye to 2024, I want to thank you for listening to the show this year. And what a year it's been.

The other day, my producer, Caleb and I worked ourselves into a fit of incredulous giggles as we listed all the remarkable guests we've had on in the last 12 months.

Keras Swisher, Scott Galloway, Sebastian Younger, Michael Lewis, Bill Gates. I mean, come on, Bill Gates,

Nate Silver, Kim Scott, you've all know a Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Charles Duhigg, Jonathan

Height. I feel incredibly grateful that we got to speak to all. You've all Noah Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Charles Duhigg, Jonathan Haidt.

I feel incredibly grateful that we got to speak to all these brilliant people.

But I'm also really proud that we use the podcast to showcase writers who aren't household names.

I'm thinking about Charon Ranganath, whose book Why We Remember,

changed the way I understand

how my memory works.

And Curzan, the linguist who gave me permission to silence my inner grammando.

Lorraine Besser, whose book The Art of the Interesting was a breath of fresh air.

If you missed any of these episodes, we've gathered our favorites in a playlist, which

you can find in the episode notes. And if you're worried that we've exhausted ourselves, that there

can't possibly still be ideas left out there for us to explore, well, you need not worry.

We're already hard at work on a bunch of really exciting new episodes. In the next few

weeks, you'll hear from Daniel Pink with fresh reflections on his legendary book Drive about

the surprising science of human motivation. Ethan Cross will teach you how to manage your emotions.

Adam Grant on the underappreciated power of generosity. And we'll also be

announcing an exciting new venture we're launching to help writers thrive in an ever-changing

landscape. This is really cool. I'll be telling you about this soon. But all that will have to wait

for the new year. Today, Boxing Day, as I gather up straight pieces of wrapping paper

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