That's a Wrap! Best Episodes from 2025 + Sneak Peek at 2026

About this episode

In this episode, Seth shares highlights from 2025 and features favorite episodes with guest excerpts.

We’ve reached the end of another amazing year on the podcast — all thanks to you, our listeners! In 2025, we had over 100,000 listens and over 6 million YouTube views across 140 different countries. We’re so grateful for the thousands of you who listen to the podcast and watch our forums online every week.   In this episode, Seth (our podcast host and Senior Media Manager at The Veritas Forum) shares some stats from the podcast in 2025 and our favorite three episodes of the year. We feature excerpts from Esau McCaulley (Wheaton), Gary Saul Morson (Northwestern), Angel Adams Parham (UVA), Roosevelt Montás (Bard), and Ross Douthat (NYTimes). Links to the full episodes featured in this wrap-up episode can be found here .

People in this episode

Host: Seth

Guests: Esau McCaulley, Gary Saul Morson, Angel Adams Parham, Roosevelt Montás, Ross Douthat

Topics covered

• podcast recap
• best episodes
• listener appreciation
• 2025 highlights
• sneak peek 2026

Keywords

• podcast
• 2025
• highlights
• episodes
• guests
• The Veritas Forum
• listener stats

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Veritas Forum

Places: Wheaton, Northwestern, UVA, Bard, NYTimes

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