I really love the 80 000 hours podcast (Rob Wiblin is one of my favourite pod hosts), but I wish the episodes were shorter. These days I barely manage to get through 1/3rd of the often 3 hour episodes before a new episode comes out, leaving me with a choice between leaving one topic unfinished or not staying up to date with a different topic. I think 1.5 hours is the podcast length sweet spot; I particularly like the format of Spencer Greenberg’s Clearer Thinking. I remember Rob Wiblin speaking about episode length at some point, arguing that longer episodes are really valuable in that they allow a much more in-depth conversation than would otherwise be possible; I agree!, but there is a tradeoff with conciseness and use of time.
Maybe a solution would be to have a shorter episodes that cover all the relevant topics and then a bonus follow-up episode that dives into more detail? I believe this was done in the past with the 80k After Hours supplementary podcast. I know it is also possible to increase the listening speed, but this does not work for everyone (I rarely go above 1.2x speed).
I would also be curious about the effects on AI safety, e.g. any chance the AISI might get DOGEd?