About this episode

In this holiday special episode, the hosts share curated metrics inspired by Spotify wrapped and discuss the end of the podcast year.

Apply to join us as a co-host! https://astrosoundbites.com/recruiting-2025 In today’s extra-special seasonal episode, Cormac, Lucia and Shashank share some of their highly curated metrics inspired by Spotify wrapped to end our a[s]b year. Much like ourselves, this episode is a mixed bag - we hope you enjoy it! This also marks the start of our long-awaited Winter (or Summer, depending on your hemisphere) break - see you in a few weeks! Space sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmsOmqf7Hso Bonus festive EWOCS JWST image released after we recorded: https://esawebb.org/images/potm2512a/

People in this episode

Hosts: Cormac, Lucia, Shashank

Topics covered

• holiday special
• year in review
• space metrics
• podcast co-hosting
• seasonal episode

Keywords

• holiday special
• Spotify wrapped
• space sound
• JWST
• podcast metrics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spotify, JWST, ESA

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