In this short episode, co-hosts Stuart 'The Wildman' Mabbutt and William Mankelow reflect on reaching the impressive 500 episode mark for this podcast. The big question on everyone's mind - will they make it to the ultra-rare 1,000 episode club? Stuart is bullish on the prospect, believing if they keep up their well-oiled podcast production process, the 1,000 episode milestone will come along naturally. William, ever the pragmatist, prefers to focus just on creating the next great episode, rather than thinking too far ahead. While reaching 1,000 episodes would certainly be a unique achievement in the podcasting world, the hosts agree that arbitrary numbers aren't their main motivation. As William states, he has no desire to simply "pootle along" chasing a number. For Stuart and William, the real drive is continuing to engage their audience with entertaining, insightful content, episode after episode. Still, they can't help but revel in the 500 episode landmark as a testament to their longevity and consistency in the podcasting game. Listen in for this celebratory episode as the hosts look back on their podcast journey so far, whilst pondering what the future may hold. Wherever they end up, you can be sure every episode will be a wild ride! We like to give you an ad free experience. We also like our audience to be relatively small and engaged, we’re not after numbers. This podcast's overall themes are nature, philosophy, climate, the human condition, sustainability, and social justice.  Help us to spread the impact of the podcast by sharing this link with 5 friends ⁠https://podfollow.com/the-peoples-countryside-environmental-debate-podcast/view⁠ , support our work through Patreon ⁠https://www.patreon.com/thepeoplescountryside⁠. Find out all about the podcast via this one simple link: ⁠https://linktr.ee/thepeoplescountryside --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepeoplescountryside/message