Audio is just one form of media, though. I prefer reading as I can consume the information more quickly (and it tends to be denser and can be more precise and detailed), and am happy to pay for quality written content.

Paris Marx is writing a book on data centers, so you might get your chance yet! If you want to read about it now tho, he does cite all his sources and transcribes the episodes.

Feed it to notebookLM and have it make a nice text file.

Good reporting would present the key parts of the article up top, but invite you to read the full story if interested. The lead paragraph and the inverted pyramid are key concepts developed in the field of journalism.

Good journalism is stating the relevant facts concisely, not blabbering for 30 minutes.

non sequitur