I have a similar problem. I can't listen to podcasts while doing anything important and I don't have a long commute. However, I've found that listening to news

I have a similar problem. I can't listen to podcasts while doing anything important and I don't have a long commute. However, I've found that listening to news podcasts at an extremely low volume immediately before sleeping to be useful. This allows me to listen to the podcast if I concentrate, and zone out and fall asleep if I don't.