299. 5 Years, 299 Episodes: Here Are Your Favorites

<p dir="ltr">On the eve of the 300th episode of The Brainy Business, it felt like the perfect time to do a “best of” episode from the first five years of the show (another milestone we are just a couple of weeks away from!). How do we find out the “top” content around here? Thankfully, I don’t have to choose (each episode is like one of my babies), and, we don’t even have to ask. </p> <p dir="ltr">You have been voting every day for the last five years as you have chosen which episodes to listen to. And, in these five years, you have cast 904,605 “votes” that made it into the final tally that created this Top 20 list. Thank you to everyone in the more than 170 countries who have listened to, rated, reviewed, subscribed to, and shared The Brainy Business podcast over the last five years. We wouldn’t still be here if it weren’t for you – please keep it up (and we plan to too!) In this episode: </p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Delve into the psychology behind consumer decision-making and its impact on businesses.</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Reinforce your learning by revisiting earlier podcast episodes and mining hidden gems.</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Embrace the concept of continuous improvement by experimenting and testing new ideas.</li> </ul> <h3 dir="ltr">Show Notes:</h3> <ul> <li dir="ltr">00:00:00 - Celebrating the First 5 Years,<br /> In this episode, host Melina Palmer celebrates The Brainy Business podcast's 299th episode and the first five years of the podcast. She shares that upcoming new episodes include an interview with Jonah Berger (301) to kick off the next hundred, as well as the five-year anniversary episode and data visualization designer Sarah K. Miller (303), who created an amazing piece of data art to commemorate the top downloads for the first five years.</li> <li dir="ltr">00:02:00 - Top 20 Most Downloaded Episodes,<br /> Melina shares that 904,605 votes from over 170 countries were cast for the top downloaded episodes – so cool! She then goes on to list the