The best of 2004, blogs, Britney and Bush!

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It's our best of the best for the year 2004 where the internet’s favorite new words take center stage 📖, we find out who Time’s Person of the Year was and look at all the hot topics that were trending on Google search🌟.
On the music charts, there were epic dance tracks 🕺, soulful ballads, and funky throwbacks dominating airwaves. Over on iTunes, fans downloaded pop hits and rock anthems that are now karaoke classics 🎤.

Gamers embraced groundbreaking releases, from a crime-filled sandbox adventures 🚘 to a timeless Nintendo handheld console 🎮. At the movies, superheroes, ogres, and wizards ruled the box office 🍿. Meanwhile, bookshelves overflowed with conspiracy-laden thrillers 📚, sparking debates that were just as fiery as the reviews.

On the tech front, Mozilla Firefox gave web browsing a slick new look 🔥🦊, Google introduced Gmail 📧, and The Facebook began its quiet revolution—back when “poking” was still a thing.

It was a year of cultural firsts, seismic shifts, and digital beginnings that still echo through our lives today. 🌍✨

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1. intro (00:00:00)

2. show opener (00:00:26)

3. word of the year (00:05:22)

4. person of the year (00:12:05)

5. the year in google search (00:19:47)

6. technology and innovation (00:33:59)

7. top toys (00:39:14)

8. the year in music (00:46:04)

9. tv and movies (01:01:24)

10. the best games of 2004 (01:14:24)

11. book of the year (01:20:41)

12. word of the year revisited (01:28:13)

13. show closer (01:34:26)

14. a special gift for our wonderful listeners (01:34:56)