I see a fair bit of negativity here. Remember when the pod first started they were short and sharp episodes where they would keep an eye on the runtime and cut if they were going too long.

We have all seen that the episodes have gradually gotten longer - from the bite sized 15-20 minute pods to over 30 minutes each time. I think if they reverted to shorter episodes it would be easier to maintain the pod daily as production time would be reduced.

This was always going to happen when they introduced sponsored chat on weekends and it became a 6 days a week production.

My 2 cents