Maybe we can distill the secret formula for what can make a podcast good if we discuss what can make them awful
EDIT: Gonna take a moment to shamelessly shill for my shitty, tiny podcast no one listens to - https://open.spotify.com/show/0herzR8g2CsOqI3o3aD4kA
The pro West Wing podcast that always has Pete Buttigieg on it (guess that's a bit of an obvious answer but still)
Also a lot of True Crime stuff makes me feel uneasy, especially when they go straight from talking about some teenager who has been brutally murdered or whatever to an ad read for dollar shave club.
My Favorite Murder or Last Podcast on the Left?
A lot of the true crime ones are also bad with their coverage on cops.