Wrapping Up 2025

We couldn't be more grateful to get to talk about this incredible show and connect with other fans! Truly, it is overwhelming to feel the support, humor, and insights from complete strangers as we share our appreciation for Mad Men, and we're thankful to every single listener.

We never made a podcast before. We're not celebrities - we have day jobs. Big-name podcasts have everything - and so much of it! So we're going to take a minute and celebrate some wins for this project this year:

We expect to have released at least 36 full episodes by the end of December, and we released our first episodes at the end of May. We're proud of that progress!

Our Spotify Wrapped statistics included some celebrations, like being more popular than 95% of other new podcasts!

Galinda would be so proud of us (we're still not as popular as she)

We're not really sure we can take too much credit for this next one, since Mad Men is so exceptional and it's just inherently interesting to explore, but we're very appreciative that fans listen to us longer than 91% of other shows!

Thank you for staying with us, quirks and all

We don't want to tempt fate, but every single comment we've received has been respectfully communicated, and it's been incredible to read so many kind comments through messages, social media, website feedback, and reviews. We're very grateful that listeners take the time to reach out, and we're pretty sure that Mad Men fans are the best people. Spotify says we have received more comments than 78% of other shows.

We're not number one in the world, but for 22 fans, we are a top five show. That is so incredibly validating, and we hope you continue to look forward to our episode releases and find value in them. We get that no celebrity would celebrate this stat, but we're so thankful to those listeners - thank you for coming back!

Even Isabella Rossellini wasn't in everyone's Top 5 - am I right, Ross?

We actually have more listeners on additional platforms, and those downloads and listens are growing, even if they don't come with ready-made end-of-year graphics. Whether you find us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Pocket Casts, iHeart Radio, YouTube, your web browser, or any other platform, thank you for listening and sharing our show!

Podcasting should always be this much fun!

So as we wrap up 2025, we'll be over here celebrating this incredible show, and our opportunity to collaborate on a project that lets us think about it deeply . . . and start watching it all over again.

Thank you so much for re-watching with us!