The Program audio series year in review: 2025
Previous reports: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
It seems the world survived 2025, and this little sci-fi anthology podcast with it. Interestingly enough, The Program seems to become more of a utopia with each passing year, but only in comparison with the West which increasingly becomes more dystopian. Fortunately, the everloving God continues to accompany each tragedy with a miracle. So, to offset Western complicity in a genocide, He blessed us with The Program passing 1 million downloads. Granted, it took longer than expected (the strongest indicator the world is going to shit), with the show getting 140,000 downloads in 2025. Compared to 170,000 in 2024 and 240,000 in 2023, we’re talking about another decrease. This however could be simply due to releasing less episodes than usual - it was a lean year with only three episodes released that are part of the regular series:
Random number generator - a short meditation on death (9 minutes)
- a short meditation on death (9 minutes) Hard fork - that takes the concept of polarisation to an extreme (50 minutes)
- that takes the concept of polarisation to an extreme (50 minutes) Contemporary Cube Theory - which took over three years to make and features the talent of Alexander Kemp from Modes of Thought in Anterran Literature (72 minutes)
On the other hand, I released a record number of what I call auxiliary episodes. Until this year, the only one in that category was Program Shows of Accolade, volume one of which I released in December of 2023 and the second volume of which dropped just a few days ago.
Three more shows The Program deigned worthy
There’s also a whole new show now that falls in the auxiliary category. Decompiling The Program is a series of interviews in which Jacqueline Ainsworth, one of Program’s most prolific performers, and myself discuss individual Program episodes and offer a behind-the-scenes peek for paid supporters.
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