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"I'm an avid podcast listener. I listen to 5+ hours podcasts everyday."

How do you have time for that? Do you listen while doing light work? Looks like a great service anyway!

I wear AirPods while coding. You know, modern programming work involves a lot of mechanical work... like moving code block around, copy & paste... For such mechanical work, I can multitask by listening to podcasts -- so I don't feel that I waste time :) Whenever I need to think, I just double tap my AirPods to pause.

I also listen podcasts during commute, workout, doing grocery, ...

I heard serval of my friends said that they spend more time listening to podcasts / audiobooks than watching TV / reading books. I don't know whether it's silicon valley bubble or it's actually a trend :)

I'm with you up until the part about listening while coding. For all of the other more mundane tasks like shopping, dishes, showering, video games, commuting throwing on a podcast makes sense.

I just can't concentrate on code and a podcast at the same time. Both will suffer if I try to combine them.

Great service! Thanks for sharing.

I'm a full time student with a part time job, and I probably average between 2 and 3 hours of podcasts a day. I live nowhere near silicon valley.

Time? Speed-listen, as was discussed a couple of weeks ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15741428

He listens to podcasts for 5 hours or more per day, not 5 hours of content in less time.

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