Looking back at the third year of The Private Citizen and at the topics discussed and issues tackled in 2022.

As usual, at the end of the year, I take a look back at all of the episodes of The Private Citizen published this year.

The Year 2022 in Review

I’ve released 50 episode in 2020 and 53 episodes in 2021. This year, there was a sharp decline in published episodes. I only managed to release 35 episodes in 2022. This means that the third year of the show was the first year of the podcast in which I failed in my goal of releasing an episode for every week of the year. I will endeavour to rectify this, and make up the lost episodes, in the coming year.

Despite of this, the show’s average listenership has markedly increased this year. We went from around 2000 - 3000 listeners in 2020 and about 4000 - 5000 listeners during 2021 to just over 10,000 listeners this year. The podcast now has almost a third of the listenership Linux Outlaws had back at its peak. I am very happy with this and I am very thankful for all the feedback and support I have received from you over the last three years.

As a side note, I did no interview episodes this year. This was not for lack of trying, but I did have issues finding interesting people to talk to who also want to talk to me. In one or two cases, scheduling issues also fouled up my chances for an interview episode.

So, without further ado, here’s a recap of the 34 regular episodes of The Private Citizen in 2022.

The SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

The War in Ukraine

Elon Musk, Twitter & The Twitter Files

Drachenlord

Censorship & The Culture Wars

Issues with Modern Journalism

The Societal Impact of AI Technologies

In-Depth Explainers

Discrete Topical Episodes

Special Episodes

Note: Since I took February off to finish the first draft of my novel, I also skipped the two year anniversary episode.

Producer Feedback

Since I’ve just released a feedback episode, there really isn’t any feedback to talk about at this time. But please keep sending me your thoughts on the show!

If you have any thoughts on the things discussed in this or previous episodes, please join our forum and compare notes with other producers. You can also contact me in several other, more private ways.

If you are writing in from Russia, you might want to use my whistleblower contact form.

Toss a Coin to Your Podcaster

I am a freelance journalist and writer, volunteering my free time because I love digging into stories and because I love podcasting. If you want to help keep The Private Citizen on the air, consider becoming one of my Patreon supporters.

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This is entirely optional. This show operates under the value-for-value model, meaning I want you to give back only what you feel this show is worth to you. If that comes down to nothing, that’s OK with me. But if you help out, it’s more likely that I’ll be able to keep doing this indefinitely.

Thanks and Credits

I’d like to credit everyone who’s helped with any aspect of this production and thus became a part of the show. I am thankful to the following people, who have supported this episode through Patreon and PayPal and thus keep this show on the air:

Sir Galteran, Rhodane the Insane, Steve Hoos, Butterbeans, Michael Small, 1i11g, Jaroslav Lichtblau, Jonathan M. Hethey, Michael Mullan-Jensen, Dave, Sandman616, Jackie Plage, ikn, Bennett Piater, Rizele, IndieGameiacs, avis, Vlad, Joe Poser, Dirk Dede, Kai Siers, David Potter, Cam, Mika, MrAmish, Robert Forster, krunkle, Captain Egghead, RJ Tracey, Rick Bragg, RikyM, astralc, Barry Williams, Jonathan, Superuser, D, Florian Pigorsch and Juhan Sonin.

Many thanks to my Twitch subscribers: Mike_TheDane, jonathane4747, mtesauro, Galteran, l_terrestris_jim, pkeymer, m0dese7en_is_unavailable, redeemerf and Stoopidenduser.

I am also thankful to Bytemark, who are providing the hosting for this episode’s audio file.

Podcast Music

The show’s theme song is Acoustic Routes by Raúl Cabezalí. It is licensed via Jamendo Music. Other music and some sound effects are licensed via Epidemic Sound. This episode’s ending song is Lord of Likes by Duke Herrington feat. LaKesha Nugent.