I think we've all read about ‘The Stanford Prison Experiment’ and how that ended.
Maybe something useful will come out of it and I am definitely in support of thinking outside of the box. But there are probably some major downsides to this...
Sky Hub has developed an observational platform UFOs and UAPs. It's a group of engineers and scientists that are approaching subject skeptically. They are data and evidence focused non-profit organization. You can check it out at https://skyhub.org
That's pretty interesting. I think there are some downsides to taking the Netflix-style of discovery. I find it buries obscure content and it creates a limited view of content. It creates a bubble of specific content which has its upsides and downsides.
There are several other tools for podcast discovery. There is FluidDATA that has transcribed almost 11 million podcast episodes and it lets your search all of the episodes and channels by phrase or mention. The search page is available here: https://fluiddata.com/
If you haven't stumbled across it yet, you can check out the FluidDATA web search that let's you search millions of podcasts by phrase or mention here https://fluiddata.com/