Why People I (Mostly) Admire Has A Boring Host Yet Irresistible Podcast?

I will sometimes watch a Ted Talk or listen to Ted Talks Daily. The topics are fascinating — robots, sex and imagination, microdosing, and whatever the hell the Spermageddon is. The speakers match that dynamism in their manner, tone, and intellectual muscularity.

Now imagine this. A stodgy, flat-lined toned economics professor has a podcast in which he holds conversations with smart, captivating people who are apt to shoot insights into the audio verse at a rapid fire pace.