hypersport - Advanced lessons and the forum

Hey guys, first thanks for such a great product.  I love the podcasts and the discussions during the breakdowns.  Pa que sepas is really good too.

I wonder if I could make a suggestion for the advanced lessons.  I remember the first one that dealt with gossip...it was more like the other podcasts in that you had a conversation, real stuff being said, interesting, funny, etc.  I've noticed for some time now that the advanced lessons have changed into more or less a bit of a history lesson on any given subject.  Just speaking for myself, these have become so dry and boring in comparison with the others that after a quick onceover, I usually just leave them alone.  For me this is big because I really would like to enjoy the advanced lessons as much as the upper intermediates.   For comparison, with the upper intermediate lessons, I'll write out the entire dialogue and listen several times all the while enjoying it and knowing that I'm learning stuff that I'll use the very next day during conversations.  I'd really like to see the advanced lessons go back to conversations instead of narratives.  To me, this is what makes Spanishpod different (better) from so many other things, the reality of the conversations and the way they are presented.

On a seperate note, I was wondering if you guys had thought about implementing a bulletin board style forum on the page for the community and the conversations.  As it is, it's really difficult to navigate the different threads and to follow what's what as there isn't any organization to it.