A lot of podcast consumption is while driving, where operating the phone is dangerous and illegal. I would especially like an option to skip advertising when I'm listening to two episodes from the same podcast and the closing ads from one episode are the same as the opening ads in the next episode.
The app I use will skip 30 seconds ahead and that usually (sometimes I need to skip several minutes ahead) takes care of the ads. However it requires me to pull my phone out of my pocket, unlock it, navigate to the app, click skip. It's not a big deal but it is a hassle. Especially if there is more than one ad segment in the episode.
Which actually makes me question if podcasts can make money as it's so dang easy to skip all the ads.