I used to do that, until I realised that anything I could comprehend at 2.5x wasn't new to me, and therefore wasn't worth listening to at all. I cut my podcast

I used to do that, until I realised that anything I could comprehend at 2.5x wasn't new to me, and therefore wasn't worth listening to at all. I cut my podcast subs by half (to a mere 100!) after figuring that out. I'm now at a lazy 1.4x (entertainment/philosophy) - 1.8x (technical).