There's usually a distinct change in tone when podcast hosts start keeping "revenue stream" at, if not the front, at least the back of their mind. I'm certain

There's usually a distinct change in tone when podcast hosts start keeping "revenue stream" at, if not the front, at least the back of their mind. I'm certain there are exceptions and I certainly don't begrudge anyone the desire to make money, but at the same time there are no podcasts I listen to whose best episodes weren't at the beginning of their run before the advertisers came.