I certainly understand the time aspect here -- and social media can become very time consuming too.

There are a couple podcasts that I come to think of right off the bat. Mostly they are focused in one way or another around topics relating to the Steem blockchain; There's StemitTalkPodcast @steemittalk, Steemit Community Discussions @steemitcommunity, Beyond Bitcoin by @officialfuzzy and a few others. Pirate Podcast Radio just released their first episode, introduced by my former partner in crime @beanz and one of the new bloggers I follow @sirlunchthehost.

There are a also a couple of great writers. @neilstrauss comes to mind; He was also a speaker at the first SteemFest. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_bE2hE5HVA

There really is a lot of great content on this site. It's just a bit chaotic and hard to find at this moment, mainly because of the beta stage and the issues that can come with running a start up in general I think.

-I should probably tell you something as a new member that might come as a surprise otherwise. There's something here called a "downvote" or a "flag" depending on who you're talking to. This is a hot topic, because of how Steem is set up as a more or less decentralized network. 

The thing is that the downvote was made into a a "flag" with several rules/guidelines for flaggging, but in the end they just now ended up changing these guidelines to be no more than a list of a few common reasons why people flag. Now the "flag" is once again really just a (sometimes potentially very powerful, depending on who votes) downvote, but with a confusing icon.

The above is the reason why I've recently decided to include the short line "[I] Flag based on Steemits guide" in my profile description. This way I'm hoping to avoid some of the confusing discussions that we've had over flagging/downvoting for some time now. 

The main thing to rememer is probably not to take a downvote personally so far; It could be due to any reason what so ever.

ps. there's also this blog post, where you can chime in on the matter real quick should you want to
https://steemit.com/steemit/@barrydutton/steemit-needs-please-comment-with-your-ideas-to-improve-steemit-e-3