Comment by munificent

> The summary but no content thing is interesting. I’ve seen it in many forms and I’m not sure why it plays out that way.

I would guess that it's because the incentives and goals are different.

The point of a summary is to entice a listener to begin the podcast. So it has to offer the promise of interesting depth.

Once they've started listening, all the body of the podcast has to do is be soothing enough to get the user to keep listening until the next ad comes on. It has no need to actually keep the promise unless the listener is paying enough attention to hold it accountable.