I agree with you - I think most of us are disdainful of watching television for long periods of time but there is value in getting the cultural context by audio

I agree with you - I think most of us are disdainful of watching television for long periods of time but there is value in getting the cultural context by audio. A lot of reading is not high quality - the interview Russ Roberts has with Andy Matuschak on Books and Learning discusses the topic.