Sitting next to someone on the phone for a couple of hours without the possibility to get away.

Depends on who you call an expert. Rick Baker definitely is one in his field for example. Personally I prefer the long form interviews. Are they exciting for 2+ hours? No. But often are very entertaining and educational depending on the guest. Better than the short form that invites to talking in soundbites.

I do not watch every Joe Rogan podcast, but that is the fun part of the internet. I can watch what I want, when I want. So if the guest is not interesting I simply do not watch that episode.

You can use your phone for listening to music, as a speedometer or even for calling as long as you are not holding it in your hand. That is already the case for cars and from 2019 for any vehicle. Which is a good thing. Besides the distraction of looking at other things than the traffic around you, you probably need both hands in case of an unexpected situation (using one hand to steer will cost you half of your break capacity for example).

Background information: I am Dutch.

Thanks for the let down. I was amazed by the way Japanese comics made use of flashbacks...

There is a client voor Google Drive made by Insync: https://www.insynchq.com/

It is commercial, but not really expensive. And so far my experience with it has been very positive.

The Netherlands are not mostly Protestant. According to the Dutch national statistics agency CBS's data of 2009, 44% has no religeous affiliation, 28% is Catholic and only 12% is Protestant. See http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=37944&D1=0-1,3-5&D2=a&HDR=T&STB=G1&CHARTTYPE=2&VW=T

• Modern? check...
• Cross-platform? check...
• Open-source? check...
• GUI? check...

Sound compelling enough to me