Luminar thats a great point. However one might argue why is there TV with action, suspense, drama.. for that matter why are there movies? Why not just read incredible stories? Well because seeing and hearing with TV and movies is a different (albeit more lazy) way to experience something.
In the same vein a podcast is auditory so you can get something you don't get from reading and it is also conversational which usually makes it more entertaining or at least entertaining in a different way.
Hydromancerx: Sorry about him yawning.. I'll have to ask him to drink more coffee or something. We usually do the show quite late (1:00-2:00AM) so that certainly plays a role. We'll change this up in the future.