My friends are probably sick of me showing up to dinner and starting every sentence with, “I was listening to a podcast and I learned…” But. Can’t stop. Won’t stop. And to celebrate this mentality — and the podcasts that create these tidbits — I asked friends from around the podcast world to share their favorite podcast fun facts from 2022.

When EarBuds asked me to put together a short list, I realized I had a challenge. As I looked ahead at the many podcasts coming out this year, it was hard to winnow it down to just five.

Since over 600 podcast episodes (and counting) would be a lot to sift through, I decided to create this post on the EarBuds blog to share a more compact list of these podcast episodes. You can also explore the ongoing thread of recommendations over on Twitter.

There are some pods that like go on hiatus and we're left like "whatever happened?" So, I thought I share with you about FRQNCY Media's beloved 'The Cultured Podcast' and the importance of clearly communicating to your listeners why the end has come and celebrating the impact of the podcast.