How to Win Friends and Disappear People is a new fiction audio series created, written, and directed by Sophia Lopez, and produced by QCODE Media.

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.