6th Anniversary Episode

Podcast Transcript

Six years ago, in the midst of the worst pandemic the world had seen in generations, I sat down at my computer to record a new podcast.

The new show was going to cover all the random topics I found interesting, and I figured if I did, other people would too.

It turns out that you did. You really did.

Join me as I celebrate with all of you the sixth anniversary of Everything Everywhere Daily.

Here is a fun fact for you: the vast majority of podcasts never make it to episode seven. I don’t know how many podcasts have 2000 episodes or go for 6 years, but there aren’t many.

Before I get into your submissions, and there are quite a few, I figure I should do a brief state of the podcast.

One year ago, this was still a one-man operation. Today, as you know, I have two writers who are helping with research and writing for the show. Joel and Oliva have been a huge help and have really taken a load off my shoulders.

I want to say a big thank you to them.

The podcast is doing well. This past year, the show reached its 60 millionth download and hit #1 on the history charts in 51 countries.

This has finally given me some time to work on other projects, a few of which I can announce today.

First, there is finally a merchandise store! Go to shop.everything-everywhere.com, and you will be able to finally buy show merchandise.

Fair warning, there isn’t a lot there yet. Right now, you can buy shirts, mugs, and the usual stuff with the show logo. However, I have designs in the works for Completionist Club Members, and I hope to have that ready in a week or two.

Likewise, if you have suggestions for merchandise or shirt ideas, feel free to send them my way. When new products are available, they will be announced on the show as well as posted in the Facebook group and Discord Server. Links to both are available in the show notes or on the website.

The second announcement is that an ad-free version of the show will be available very soon on Apple Podcasts. I wanted to have it ready to go for this episode, but I ran into some issues with Apple, and it’s really close.

The price will be $3.99 per month, which averages out to about 13 cents per episode.

To start, all new episodes will be available, but I will slowly work on getting all the past episodes up so you can speedrun the completionist club. It’s just going to take time because of the sheer number of episodes I have. I hope to have the most recent 2000 episodes up in a few months.

Apple has a 2000-episode limit for all podcasts, and there isn’t anything I can do about that.

Everything Everywhere Weekly will also be published to the Apple Subscription feed as well as on Patreon.

So, with that, I asked all of you to submit a voice message sharing your favorite episode. One interesting thing I’ve noticed is that, of all the listeners I’ve talked to, everyone seems to have a different favorite episode. So, I wanted to put it to the test, and you guys delivered. Every single person had a different favorite episode, which I found amazing.

There were a few that weren’t recorded properly that I couldn’t use, and a few I had to edit because they were far too long, but other than that, I got them all.

This is longer than a normal episode, but I think you’ll like it as it is a walk down memory lane for those who have been listening to the show for a while.

We’ll start with a few names that you are already familiar with: