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
Same thing happened to me but my former friend was the person who made me listen to it because “it’s SO funny dude”. He showed me the Bill Maher bit where they say the N-word over and over snd he kept looking at me expecting me to laugh.