so for me, a lot of it IS just background noise. but Bombcast makes me laugh every 10-20 minutes it feels like, or it just SOUNDs like compelling stuff, so I keep it on.

but my podcasts are generally pretty basic.

Bombcast (I exagerrated, there's a LOT of on-topic conversation, they just diverge often)
PTI
ATH when the stories the day before were good
Tony Kornheiser Show
WTF (I also skip the beginning and end, but that's just because I'm more interested in Maron's thoughts about himself riffing off other people, not when he's staring at a wall. when I was unemployed I didn't)
Mohr Stories (depending on guest)
B.S. Report (depending on guest)
Jalen Rose
Hollywood Prospectus EVERY so often, very rarely cause both guys kind of annoy me


so yea, it's mostly sports (since I don't have ESPN/cable, podcasts are my main source of any kind of sports information). But there are days where I'll fire up three Bombcasts (didn't start listening til about 2 months ago, so I'm catching up from 2008-forward just for nostalgia over games I never played), be 6 hours into my shift by the end of 'em and think, "PERFECT!".


But my point really was that I don't even really play video games other than 2K13, Rockstar (GTA) games and whatever I can get for free on Playstation Plus, and I'll STILL listen to a three hour podcast about games because of the people on it. I even watch all their videos on the site proper.


I think the personalities on OKS, as long as their voices and crosstalk were good, could easily go three hours on a topic.


Also, it's a HUGE (i can't emphasize that enough), HUGE pet peeve of mine when Simmons says "one more question and then we've seriously got to go" on his pod. I hear that on Jalen's show, too. I get it with Kornheiser 'cause that's just a radio show getting put on iTunes, but YOU HAVE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU WANT, ideally, Bill and Jacoby. With the nuggets Jalen drops, and the caliber of guests Simmons is capable of, I'm not sure why they're always so over-eager to crank out an hour and nothing more. They almsot sound like they feel guilty they're giving you 90 minutes on the rare occasions they do.


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