Episode #372: 2021 – The Year In Review

2021 was….a year. Yep. It was definitely a year. It was after 2020 and before 2022. So what did Ron and Ed think about this self proclaimed year? Listen to the show in your favorite podcast player and use these show notes to help guide the way.

  • Ed is in a brain fog right now. He needs a "metal dealy used to dig food" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2dtpnp8Jgo

  • Did you know that Betty White was honored by the Guiness Book of World Records for the longest TV career by a female entertainer? She was also the oldest person to host SNL. AND originally cast as the role of Blanche on Golden Girls!

  • Siegfried, Larry King, Cloris Leachman, Cicely Tyson… Ron and Ed went through a list of notable folks that left us in 2021. The list feels longer this year compared to others and they run through them all in segment one of the show.

  • Check us out at Patreon.com/TSOE! If you become a member at a certain tier, you get a shout out. Just like Mark Gandy (@g3cfo)! His podcast is at CFOBookshelf.com and last week’s show on “best books of the year” is highly recommended.

  • Continuing into the second segment of the show today, Ron and Ed STILL had a list of notable people we lost in 2021. George Holliday (who filmed the Rodney King beating), Norm McDonald, Dave Frishberg (composed how a bill becomes a law)

  • Our top 5 shows in 2021 (in descending order) according to our amazing partner, VoiceAmerica:

  • Our top 5 shows for the calendar year 2021 according to our own website statistics (in descending order):

  • Speaking of the year in review, check out this great list of charts from @Chartr! https://www.chartr.co/year-in-charts/2021-in-charts

  • Some of our favorite episodes of 2021 (in no particular order) feature: Virginia Postrel, Josh Gilder, Kevin Williamson, Matthew Stewart, John Tamney, Mustafa Akyol, David C. Baker, Marco Bertini, Mike Munger, Baruch Lev, Rabbi Lapin, and Auditing Santa!

  • Predictions for 2022: The Republicans will take both the House and the Senate

  • Predictions for 2022: We will hear more and more about NFTs (especially inside video games)


Bonus Content is Available As Well

Did you know that each week after our live show, Ron and Ed take to the microphone for a bonus show? Typically, this bonus show is an extension of the live show topic (sometimes even with the same guest) and a few other pieces of news, current events, or things that have caught our attention.

This week was bonus bonus episode 372 - “Blowing up a Tesla” — Here are some of the links discussed:

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