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?
Chapo is usually funny enough to not make me more depressed than my baseline of “looking around at the world” and they make me feel less insane.
Death Panel and Citations Needed are the ones that make me too depressed to listen to
I had to unsub from Death Panel lol. My blood would be boiling every time I listened