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With audiobooks and podcasts, I don't feel anywhere near the same levels of retention compared with reading a book or watching a video. Even when wholly focused on the audio during a bus commute, my mind doesn't have the same levels of immersion when reading a book or news article.

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Have you tried increasing the speed of the audio?

I find retention and understanding to be greatly increased when I don't get bored or distracted in between words and phrases.

Interesting, I've generally had the exact opposite occur for me, though it depends on narrator and context.

I typically listen while driving. Anything past 1.25x was an illusion of productivity trap. I could hear the words and understand the concepts, but there wasn't any time to digest what I'd heard.

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