I listen to Joe rogans podcasts, or at least clips of it. It is way better than you think it would be. By and large though, I don't want my hard news or even opinion brought to me via a podcast. its too easy for someone to say something dumb and say, well I was just musing out loud, stream of consciousness, I was just quoting someone else etc (like trump does). When you publish a written piece you have no excuse - you had multiple chances to review and revise and presumable passed it by an editor.