wait, two hours forty five minute? not two minutes forty five seconds?
Yep!
what could possibly make them think anyone wants to listen to them for that long
This is where they yell at you for not understanding that it's a PODCAST that you can PAUSE and listen to at DIFFERENT TIMES. It's a recurring theme.
The ipad is great in that you can play these things at 1.5x - 2x speed with almost no decrease in pitch or quality of audio. Still pretty awful. Y-W.