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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

That's a great list, but are there even enough hours in the day to listen to all of those? That seems like a lot.

I've been meaning to listen to Behind The Bastards, but the back catalogue of that podcast alone would keep me going for weeks.

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

I listen at x2 speed, so a 40 min podcast only takes 20min. Skipping ads, etc brings it down to 18 min or so.

I don't go looking through backlogs unless there's a particularly interesting and specific old episode.

I don't listen to all new episodes. If an episode is uninteresting then I skip it.

It is worth listening prospectively because most do episodes about topics that are relevant on current discourse and current events.

If I listen regularly then I can keep up just fine with new releases. 40 min to work and back, maybe another 40 min of listening in the gym. Then if I skip ads/titles/endings, and listen at x2 speed, then I effectively get through over 4 hours of content every day.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for the explanation. I don't if it's just my age, but I find I can't enjoy content at anything other than 1x speed, but I can see how it helps to play things faster. There's just SO MUCH content, and every episode of BTB looks interesting to me.

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 2 points 9 hours ago

You have to train your ear slowly and build up speed gradually. My wife and brother both used to laugh at the x2 gibberish I listened to. They started building up slowly, and now they both also find it way too annoying and slow to hear x1 speed content (including YouTube and videos).

Listen however you find it most enjoyable.