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Like Coca-Cola or John Lewis, Spotify have managed to secure their place in the festive calendar by convincing us that they're out friends, not some scary capitalist behemoth. The day your 'Wrapped' playlist drops is an exciting one. You show me yours and I'll show you mine. We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.

Look, we're busy people. We have jobs, lives, friends. We try our best to keep up with every single record that gets released, but it's not physically possible. Sometimes things slip through the net, and here we pick them up again. We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.

Orlando Weeks. Jeremy Corbyn. On a train. Together. Smiling. Laughing, even. Need we say any more? We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.

The climax of our podcasting year is approaching - The Tracks Awards. We'll soon be naming our very favourite albums and songs of the year and celebrating our new heroes, but before we do we need to thank some others. Next year they may top a list but, for this year at least, they're our honourable mentions. We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.

Not content with conquering the podcasting world, this year Tim took live music this year like some kind of depraved media mogul. By which we mean: he threw an all-dayer in a Brighton venue for the first time, and it was really, really, really fun. Today we're looking back on it. We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.

You might think this is an odd choice for an episode. You might think Chance has had a quiet year. You might think that, but you'd be wrong. He lit up our summer and he's about to light up your 16th of December. We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.

There comes a certain point in every day when being alive gets tiring. Being upright is a little much. You're ready to slump. Gloriously horizontal, remote in hand, eyes fixed on a screen. This is when TV and film takes over from the (clearly) more cerebral podcasting medium, and today we're talking about the best things we saw in these moments. We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside. Oh we do like to be beside the seeeeaaaaa. And we like it even more when there's a music festival there. The Great Escape is our home. Our basecamp. Our bread and butter. We're looking back at a stellar edition of the best event around. We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.

On a fateful night back in February, we made our way up to London. Some of what happened that night will stay between us two until the end of time, and some of it we're going to tell you about in this episode. Namely: the bit where we watched Kendrick Lamar. We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.

To be a podcast creator you have to be a podcast lover too. It's just the rules. We have a lot of favourite counterparts and we couldn't fit them all into the last podcast episode, so we're going again. WE GO AGAIN. We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.

Oh the weather outside is frightful / But the fire is so delightful / And since we've no place to go / Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow It probably won't, but we'd really, really, really like it if it did. James Blake would too. Loves a bit of snow, him. We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.

Your eyes lock. You're frozen in time. It's you. It's Kanye West. In a weird quirk of fate, you're there. Together. Under the mistletoe. Do you? Don't you? How will he react? Only one way to find out... We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.

Imagine what Donald Glover's Christmas tree looks like. I bet it's nice. Really nice. And massive. No expense spared. No lack of effort. Those assumptions are made because he's good at everything, isn't he? Old Gambino. Everything he touches turns to gold, and Atlanta season two certainly was *not* an exception to that rule. We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.

Lookin' back on when we first met / I cannot escape and I cannot forget / Southgate you're the one / You still turn me on / Football's coming home again. It didn't in the end, did it? France won it. But for a few sweet, sweet weeks we dreamt. And we got a new national treasure. So that's nicer, in a way. We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.

One kiss is all it takes to make tomorrow in the office very, very, very awkward indeed. Best leave that to the one and only Dua Lipa. We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.

The 100 Club may be a legendary London venue, but it's also a pretty exclusive group which we officially joined this year. We hit 100 episodes and celebrated by ringing up our favourite Kiwi. Kane Strang is both a hero and a mate, and for that he fully deserved his place in our advent countdown.  We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.

'Tis the season for gift giving, but was Arctic Monkey's album a gift to treasure or one you'd really like the receipt for? It's answer time. We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.

Look at them there, twinkling. Sweet, aren't they? Warm. Light. Cosy. Festive. That's Justin Vernon and his band of merry men, and we're waxing lyrical about them. We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.

The curly haired hero from indie's yesteryear made a comeback so strong this year that it knocked us clean off our feet, and today we're looking back at that almighty impact. Alongside all of that we're talking Christmas jumpers. Are they shit? Or are they great? There's only one way to find out... FIIIIIIIGHT! We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.

We are both podcasters, and we are both podcats in our own right. We bloody love the things, more than we love our own families. Ok, maybe not that much, but we really do love a good podcast, and today we're running through some of our favourites of the year as well as trying to work out whether it's actually Christmas yet or not. We do not claim ownership of any of the music played in this episode, although the intro and bed music was made with Harry's very own little hands. Nice one, Harry.