Semi-related issue...
I kicked around an idea recently about doing a 10-minute weekly recap show for each of the EP 'casts or for all of them collectively that would feature voicemail feedback from listeners with responses from the editors or other appropriate staff members, plus EA news when appropriate and news of events and other items that may be of interest to the various audiences.
The problem is that such a thing would rely heavily on voicemail feedback and I know that can be a tricky thing to generate much less rely on. You'd almost need to proactively solicit it from audience members, and I'm not sure how practical that would be.
I mention it because it could be a way to remove that element from the shows that do it, thereby leaving them to focus on the story and the framing of it while also allowing us to address the thoughts of the audience more personally and more fully to the much larger body of the audience that does not use the forums.
Just a thought.