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 episode I listened to about it (back when I was a lib, im so sorry) literally began with an audio recording of some reporter getting a burger in a drive thru to demonstrate the country's economic success. They tried to end the ep with a "was it worth it?" question after talking about Pinochet being... well.. Pinochet, but the prior hour of idolizing the architects behind the coux government made the answer they'd give pretty clear