[kevin_thibedeau]

The funny thing is that slow talkers sound normal at 2x speed. It's jarring when you hear their actual speech.

[ghaff]

I listen to podcasts at 1x. But there are a few people I've done podcasts with that I do various audio tricks to speed up.

[bonoboTP]

And then there is Dwarkesh who sounds like 2x on 1x.

[ngcazz]

Norman Finkelstein is a notable example of this.