He was always into the conspiracy stuff, and it was usually pretty light and interesting. The tone and guests definitely changed around the time he moved to Austin (no knock on Austin, I love that place). Politics and stuff I guess.
Me too. I think his friend circle became almost entirely right leaning since the move and his viewpoints are no longer balanced. I listen to a few other podcasters who definitely can't called lefties, yet they manage to present things in nuanced and less biased ways. It doesn't seem like a very difficult thing to do, yet he fails at it miserably.
I lost interest too.