I know about the podcast because someone I hang out with listens to them. I almost always half-listen to the first five minutes then tap out.
(...Except when they cover Rod Dreher. He's my favorite topic they bring up. 
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Because even when things are looking up, lots of the topics are depressing. For example, when the Hamas are successful in any way, it's always attached to their struggles. Sometimes I think I'm too fragile to listen., Other times I think it's actually my perspective. Perhaps I'm too cynical and must beat a case of doomer brain. There's always a better perspective to see the news with.
I also got dismissed and dehumanized a lot as a child. I don't like to hear others suffering getting the same or worse treatment. Even if it's heavy, I would like to not dismiss listening to their stories. You develop a resilience to hearing them over time right?
I think a lot of people here stopped listening ages ago tbh, but also like yeah, its fine to not listen to content that makes you depressed or put down. I feel like CTH largely exists to use humor as a coping mechanism for how dark things are, so if the humor isn't working for you then maybe its just not for you and that's fine. Not listening to CTH isn't counterrevolutionary, not watching the news isn't counterrevolutionary, what you do is what matters, not what you consume, and even if the consumption mattered it wouldn't be worth making your quality of life worse day to day to get that slop.
I still listen, maybe 50% of the time? probably less but it varies.