Hello and welcome to the best of everything.

It's the most prestigious award in podcasting.

Sorry, in science podcasting, in podcasting, in podcasting where three people whose names are Ella, Tom, and Caroline are on.

That can't, okay, come on. How are the fuck?

Lateral doesn't count. This is bullshit. Okay. Hi, everyone. It's the best of everything.

The episode where we learn about the topics from the past year that listeners thought were their favorites. For those listening to the show for the first time, you'll hear snippets of our best topics from the past year. And for our returning listeners, you'll get to brush up on some of our favorite facts and hear some behind the scenes thoughts as we chat about these topics. I'm Tom Lum presenting the award for strongest co-host, most likely to eat the other two.

And it goes to Ella Hubbard.

Oh my God.

Oh, my goodness.

It's okay.

Next year.

Next year.

Oh, thank you.

I would just...

Speech. Speech, speech.

I'd just like to thank my mother for feeding me genuinely lots of chicken.

Oh, they're flying you off.

When I was growing up, to make me so big and strong.

And I'd like to obviously...

Wait, she ate the music pulling her off.

And I'd obviously like to thank my co-host, Tom and Caroline,

whom I plan to eat shortly.

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