> I feel that transforming such a wonderfully written story into a podcast with robot voices might result in a shallow and awkward rendition that doesn’t capture the essence of the original work.
I can definitely agree with that in the general sense! But I have a long commute, and I thought the content of it would still come through well enough, and I've appreciated it for a few other subjects. It's not as good as having professional voice actors read it out, but it still has some value to folks!