I don't want to miss a thing: part 2

So on with more podcast discussion. If you take one week's set of shows, (all the ones I subscribe to are weekly), you can be reasonably assured that most of them will cover similar topics, (new releases, what's in the news, etc.) So why do I need to listen to the same information multiple times? For me, at least, it's all about the personalities doing the discussion, I find the more opinions I get about a particular topic, the easier it is for me to make up my own mind about it.
My history with a podcast also plays a role, if I've watched the cast mature and change over the course of its life, I'm more likely to keep listening to see where they end up. It's almost like episodic television, you want to see where these characters are going next. To be honest, the title of these posts have been one real answer, I really am afraid to miss something good, like 1up Yours' (now Listen UP) interview with Dennis Dyack. Plus let's face it, I don't have a lot of people I can talk gaming with, so I think I tend to follow these journalists because they're talking about things I want to be talking about.
Sometimes I'm agreeing with them and nodding my head, sometimes I'm shaking it and wondering how someone can be so stupid. Either way, it makes for an interesting ride into work.
So what can be done? For now I'm content to keep plugging through February's shows, and hopefully catch up sometime in 2033 or so. There just aren't enough times during the day that I have the ability or concentration to listen to a podcast, short of the drives to and from work. Lately I've taken to listening while playing World of Goo, but I'm about done with that game. Listening while working out at the gym is always an option, but I've noticed that I tend to get a better workout if I'm cranking some upbeat music, so I've given up on that as well.
Oh well, slogging on through the deluge of entertainment, pity me.