I see it the other way around: I started to enjoy more the podcast after he rebranded it. The man put it out there about him feeling constrained about pursuing

I see it the other way around: I started to enjoy more the podcast after he rebranded it. The man put it out there about him feeling constrained about pursuing different types of guests that he was genuinely curious about, but that felt out of space within the realm of the previous branding. Better yet - he put a lot of these decisions up to vote to his community, that he clearly feels that he owes them everything. Basically the feedback of the community was positive towards this change - and he seems really happy about it! So now he brings guests with different types of backgrounds, from AI to Quantum Physics, where he dares to ask question about what he thinks are more profound/out of the box questions. He knew this shift wasn't going to appeal everyone, and that's fine. It's impossible to please everyone, and he saw this path a way for him to grow and explore even though he would lose some following (clearly a small portion). I'm really happy for him, and it's a joy to see someone put themselves out there, to risk it, and grow! And guess what, maybe he left a void to be filled - the same void he filled that allowed him to do his own thing.