I used to listen to NPR while doing chores like washing dishes, laundry, driving, etc. As of late, I’ve come to be increasingly dissatisfied with NPR functioning as the unofficial spokesperson for the Democratic Party (chiefly broadcasting stories compressible into 0 bits…). I’ve nearly completely replaced that habit with listening to Lex Friedman. Lex does long form interviews with a wide variety of guests. He is both respectful and curious. The medium is just flat out better on both sides - you can start/stop a podcast when the dishes are done, or to look up related info or to discuss something. You can skip the episodes that don’t interest you. And, perhaps best of all, it isn’t a constant stream of doom, gloom and outrage porn