2025 Year in Review

About this episode

The episode recaps favorite voices shared in 2025, celebrating minority perspectives.

“Minority voices for all our majority ears...” As another eventful year comes to a close, we recap some favorite voices shared by our many FrieMMds of the Pod in 2025 — so grab a tasty beverage, share with a friend, and enjoy! Featuring the voices of Zohran Mamdani, Vidyut Latay, Varuna Srinivasan, Michael Wong, David Yin, Susie Quesada, Vaibhav, Lisa Angulo Reid, Nicole Ponseca, Suresh Raj, Keith Pedro, Jonathan Hill, Ainsley Waller, Josh Ridenour, Lydia Querian, Brian Velasquez Reid, Bob Gilbreath, Kay Sohini, Ayan Sanyal, Maurice Cherry, Karl Preissner, Stefan K. James, Paresh Jha, Maggie Silver, Loren Appin, Fahad Kawaja, Everette Taylor, Jieun Kim, and Sharon Lee Thony! Special thanks to guest-host Lisa Angulo Reid and producer Alexandre Hirlinger without whom keeping the pod alive in 2025 could not have been possible!

People in this episode

Guest: Lisa Angulo Reid

Topics covered

• year in review
• minority voices
• podcast recap
• 2025 highlights
• community
• diversity

Keywords

• 2025
• recap
• minority voices
• podcast
• community highlights

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