I don’t understand why this is being upvoted. It’s just a tweet of an unsubstantiated opinion. It’s not even an interesting or smart observation. Nor does it take into account the reality of life and humans.

“Information density” isn’t the goal of podcasts. This is like complaining stand-up comedy takes too long and you’ll just read the subtitles file instead. Or that fish are the worst animals at rock climbing.

Go listen to some good, well produced podcasts like Heavyweight and S-Town. Then understand The Medium is the Message.

https://gimletmedia.com/shows/heavyweight/2ohrb7x

https://stownpodcast.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_medium_is_the_message

source: I've made it up

I guess it depends. Podcasts are often about story telling and story telling isn't about being information dense. Podcasts are hamburgers, which might be a good vehicle to deliver a piece of a vegetable into your body.

Yes, but they are also the most pleasant and entertaining (in my person opinion).

While the Tortoise has been listening so podcasts for years, and the Hare is still there with very serious and boring books on his perfectly dense shelf standing still.

Was there an AI tool recently in the news which creates a podcast episode based on a topic to learn? This is just a brilliant idea.

Great observation, but post it on Blue Sky instead of supporting that authoritarian website.