Podcasts should be forced to block their ads so it's easier for me to skip. All at the beginning is acceptable. All at the end is best. All in the middle is annoying but manageable. But FFS, ads spaced every x minutes is terrible. I've stopped listening to POTP because of the amount of ads.
Also who tf is James Altucher? He might be brilliant, his podcast might change my life, but I'm just not interested.