As someone this resonates with and after reading some of the comments... I don't think he means they literally have poor sound quality because of a bad microph

As someone this resonates with and after reading some of the comments... I don't think he means they literally have poor sound quality because of a bad microphone. I think he means they sound sterile and without life, they are somehow lifeless. That the majority of Podcasts sound the same, the same monotone narrator, the same perfectly pitched voices delivering lines, etc... I dunno how to describe it but it's why I don't listen to podcasts.