# BONUS: Exciting Podcast News! **Creator:** Connected Families **Platform:** youtube **Duration:** 3m **Source:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_tPkWytbHg ## Summary Connected Families celebrates reaching two million listens on their podcast, marking a significant milestone that places them in the top 1% of all podcasts. The hosts express gratitude for their journey, the community they've built, and the transformative impact of their message. - Achieved two million listens, indicating strong engagement and community support. - Ranked in the top 1% of all podcasts based on listen counts. - Reflects on the journey of sharing their message over five years. - Acknowledges early challenges, including technical difficulties during recordings. - Emphasizes the importance of perseverance and growth through trials. - Encourages listeners to leave reviews and share the podcast. - Highlights the mission of providing Christ-centered transformation for families. - Invites listeners to connect via social media and their website for more resources. ## Transcript [[0:00]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_tPkWytbHg&t=0s) [Music] you know we're g to go to a break but it's not really a break I just want to take a break from our conversation to talk about some really exciting news that we have here at Connected families and that is that we have reached two million listens wow what does that mean exactly two million different times so it's not downloads because sometimes you know our phones automatically download and who knows if it's listened to that's [[0:28]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_tPkWytbHg&t=28s) not it this is two million times our podcasts have been listened to and that's a big big deal because it it means that we're in the top 1% of all podcasts according to listens I'm pretty proud of that yeah that's super cool and I I am grateful to God for giving us a message a long time ago really that we started sharing and I mean candidly as it relates to the topic of our podcast today we never knew when we started out [[0:56]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_tPkWytbHg&t=56s) that this was going to be we just determined to keep going that was our calling to share the message God had given us and now there's so many others growing in the message and so many others able to come on Stacy with your beautiful podcast leadership and share ways they've learned and grown and are growing you know the ideas that we all share together as part of God's kingdom and I mean it really is just a humbling [[1:18]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_tPkWytbHg&t=78s) thing and it compels us to just keep doing like we're grateful to God for all the trials that come our way to grow in perseverance and see a team grow around us that perseveres with us as well so wow and that was five years ago five years ago and do you remember one of our biggest trials Jim and Lynn we were in this office building we're recording our like first 10 episodes and there was an a chiropractor upstairs do you remember [[1:43]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_tPkWytbHg&t=103s) we would have to stop recording because he started adjusting and he'd have that thing we could hear it on the microphones the technology then wasn't good enough to cut all that noise out now that just cuts it out boom I know yeah we always I thought you were gonna just say setting up the equipment oh I was fit to be tied by the time we started each podcast put the wrong wires in the wrong places and yeah [[2:12]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_tPkWytbHg&t=132s) what's funny is our podcasts have gotten longer we did good with short podcasts back then but hey everybody if you've been listening if today's your first one or if you've been listening for five years we appreciate you we we are just so grateful to have you as part of our community please leave a review on whatever platform you listen to our podcast and share the podcast with a friend we're we're just grateful to come alongside all of the parents who are [[2:40]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_tPkWytbHg&t=160s) listening and we see through the numbers that the work we're doing is bringing transformation Christ centered transformation and that's what we're all about thanks for tuning in today friends we are a listener supported organization over 50,000 parents like you listen to this podcast every month individual donations make the work to equip and encourage families possible for more information about connected families follow us on Instagram or Facebook or go to Connected families.org I will see you [[3:12]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_tPkWytbHg&t=192s) next time [Music]