Anyone Else Not Liking the Freaky Friday "Guests"?

I love Heather and Christie to the moon and back, but I am not liking the 'newish' Freaky Friday editions with guest podcasters telling their own FF stories... especially (seemingly) at the loss of additional listener stories, which are far more fascinating.

Couple of questions... did they poll their Patreon subscribers before starting this?

Is there a reason we can't get a full hour of listener stories and then have them tack on the 15 minute guest story at the end?