Having listened to the back-log of these I've got to say that I love them so far and I'm excited by all the possibilities that you two mentioned, like the 'basic basic' tasks of the month and the guest appearances. Most of all, having a piece of audio here on the site is much more accessible for a newbie like me who doesn't necessarily want to spend time reading through a ton of text (imagine if everything that had been said in these podcasts had been written in a post instead! I like to read, but wouldn't have the stamina for it!)

Personally I prefer the longer episodes, I can't pay attention to two pieces of reading/speaking at the same time, so I've been listening to them while I'm playing a game or doing something else that's purely visual - something that I often do with other podcasts.
It makes for a nice, relaxing accompaniment to the wholesale slaughter of kobolds and trolls.