Quite obviously this is a podcast, that's why I said "unlistenable" as well. At least with written word you can sort of skip over it and don't have to hear it.

Quite obviously this is a podcast, that's why I said "unlistenable" as well. At least with written word you can sort of skip over it and don't have to hear it. In any case this isn't a universal requirement of the genre; it is a more recent thing where it is acceptable to speak this way and not everyone does it nor did so many used to do it.