The Harman/Kardon Onyx Studio 8 is good for podcasts. It has a balanced, relatively flat mid-range response that's well suited for speech and vocal content so it'll bring out the detail in your favorite podcasters' voices. It's also very portable, so you can bring it around with you while you listen to a podcast. However, while it can get quite loud, there's some compression present at max volume. Its directivity isn't the best either, so audio won't sound consistent from every listening angle.