i do sometimes want to listen to podcasts, but then they have ads and when i miss something because I'm paying attention to something else i need to rewind a few seconds, which is very user unfriendly. nowadays a lot of podcasts have transcripts, but it's not always the case that the client supports them. all in all a very annoying tech just to hear some white guys discover foreign culture (which is what it seems to me like what most podcasts are like). i did find some value in history podcasts a few years ago, but they're probably not at all rigorous and don't paint an accurate picture. difficult. books are so much more accessible, and can also be read on an ebook reader with a battery life of at least a week.