You said — “I used to download his podcasts and listen at 1.6 speed. Skip the phone calls and I could get the whole show in about an hour.”
I’m trying that out now. I’ve speeded it up to the fastest where I can still understand him. It sure does help, because he does take so long to say things. So, the speedup helps that way... :-)
If I can speed up things a lot, when listening, maybe it won’t be so aggravating to listen to the slow pace...
Some of his rants, though, are worth listening to one word at a time, just as a good steak is worth consuming one bite at a time. : )