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There's 1000 sane hosts who have the same interesting guests though, don't support the crazy people, we've seen where that leads us

Name ten.

People I mostly admire

The Life Scientific

Ted Interview

How I Built This

TWIML

This Week in Virology

Freakonomics

The Changelog

And Lex Fridman and Tim Ferris have their own shows

Thanks!

You basically explained my view and feelings on the matter. I watched maybe 10 episodes per year on YT but once it went to Spotify, I don't watch at all.

Coincidentally, around the same time he went to Spotify, I started getting really annoyed at his butting in and his opinions on matters that his guests know a lot more about. I've caught a clip or two on YT in recent months and I skip over any parts where the camera is on Joe, so I can just hear the guest.

> I guess it would be interesting to deep fake the voice of the host and see how many people actually cared about the host.

I wonder how good GPT would be at generating questions to a guest based on their work and interests. Having a GPT driven interviewer could be quite interesting as a gimmick.

I'm the same way. I used to listen to Stern on the radio for my morning drive but never considered for a second going satellite when he did. There were plenty of options.

I was also an idle subscriber: I'd start listening to perhaps one in five episodes, with guests who interest me (think of people like Elon Musk or Jonathan Haidt). When Rogan left Apple podcasts/Stitcher, I stopped listening. Your statement echoes how I feel: "I only ever showed up for the guests. Generally also the case for many other podcasts, Lex Friedman, Tim Ferris, etc.... the value they bring is more the guests they attract and the space they create for the guest."

Same