Okay, friends, let me share a little bit about me with you.

I have extreme arthritis which requires pain medication that I have been taking since 1998. It takes about 3 hours in the morning, taking 1/2 a pill an hour, until I can walk like a normal person.

Because it takes so long and I REFUSE to listen to the TV, I would set up podcasts to listen to while the medication takes effect.

I would set up Deception Bytes, X22, On the Fringe and sometimes add Bards FM. Then during the day I would search for other podcasts to listen to while I did my Suzy Homemaker chores; usually Bannons War Room.

But for the last few weeks I have noticed a definite decline in podcasts, not just the ones I like, but all of them. Even MelK has less and less and many of them are about finances. And I would listen to Charlie Ward just for humor and he is hardly on anymore.

Even tonight, X22 - no show. On the Fringe - no show. Deception Bytes is never dependable, there has not been a show since 6/3. If she goes more than 3 days in a row it is amazing. Always a ton of excuses, so I no longer depend on her shows.

I used to listen to the Health Ranger Report but had to quit because his shows were too depressing. I am not looking for a great deal of hopium, but I am also not looking for hours of depressing news, which is nothing more than recycled issues we all know about anyway.

So I am asking....is it just the shows I like that are slipping or are all the podcasts no longer able to supply us with news and input on a regular basis.