What Happened to The Patrick Bass Show?

At its peak, The Patrick Bass Show was in the top 1% of podcasts worldwide, pulling nearly 300,000 downloads a month. Then I shut it down. Why? Because guest quality tanked, time became a beast, the money didn’t make sense, and worst of all—it stopped feeling worth it. This isn’t a farewell forever, but it is some straight talk on why I stepped away—and what might come next.