An intricate topic like this works better as a written article. Podcasts are more for people who want to listen to some lowbrow stuff while driving.

Sorry but this is just your opinion. I Listen to tons of very technical podcasts and it works great. If you are interested in technology, check out the omega tau podcast for example.

Or, ironically, the podcast of the guy he responded to, adamgordonbell: https://corecursive.com/

It's a podcast I've really been enjoying for a few years now. It used to be a little more technical (as the name, corecursive, kinda implies), but found a niche in interviewing people more about the people than the tech they're knowledgeable about, which is also very pleasant. Anyway, I encourage you to listen to both an early and a recent episode to find out if you like it.

This article is pretty lowbrow, not much technical meat and lots of ephemeral kibitzing.

I call them subscription mp3 audio files.

Do it anyways. Dave Mills and NTP deserves it.

Also: Olson timezone database and its various maintainers. Paul Eggert is the current maintainer, I think. Arthur David Olson could be interesting as well.