…listening to a podcast is way more time consuming and productivity-sapping than reading the equivalent post…

Uh, yeah. Transcripts? You’re all kidding, right? For a 3-minute podcast you require a written transcript?

It’s not a Papal Edict, people; it’s 180 seconds of caffeinated ranting.

With respect: if you don’t have 3 spare minutes to enjoy free audio content, then I’d humbly posit that podcasts may not actually be your bag.

Maybe someday, Sufficiently Advanced Technology™ can generate transcripts automagically, but that would be way too much manual overhead for such an informal product. Sorry, gang.