In a brilliant twist of fate, while working out of town my podcast app decided to quit loading new episodes. No more fresh feeds, no more instant hits of new content. I’ve actually just wrapped up yesterday’s news, and for the first time it’s been easy to tally my listening: 22 hours in the past two days.

It’s dawning on me how dependent I’ve become on that steady drip of brand new podcasts. My routine has been simple: finish one, refresh, and hit play on whatever pops up next, whether it sounds interesting or not. Maybe this little disruption is teaching me something about chasing order without reason and embracing eclectic content. Still, after 48 hours of stale feeds and fading dopamine, it’s starting to feel like a problem. Am I the only one who goes through this? Can anyone relate? And if so, what would you suggest?