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Excel Quickie: How long will it take me to catch up on Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast?

I subscribe to 10 podcasts which i listen to at work.  There are 3 additional podcasts i am NOT subscribed to, because when i start listening to a new podcast, i begin at the beginning!  Comedy Bang Bang (heretofore referred to as CBB) has been around since 2009, and i'm still catching up! Today i pondered:  when the hell will i be caught up with this damn podcast, so i can start listening to SPONTANEANATION with Paul F. Tompkins!?  Like a good OCDude, i have to listen to my podcasts from oldest to newest.  I'm only up to episode 127 of CBB, which aired October 17, 2011.  Since CBB releases one podcast a week, i can calculate how many more podcasts it'll take me to be caught up.  But i smell an iterative calculation! It's been 213 weeks since the podcast I'm currently listening to aired, so I'm going to assume I've 213 more podcasts until i catch up.  The 2 podcasts currently on my iPad are 1 hr 14 min and 1 hr 12 min, so I'm going to say the...