So it is basically 1972 Atkins, complete with the sugar-free jello (the only LC non-real food available back then).

I don't absorb spoken information well either; I have to take notes on the parts I don't already know and study them to truly absorb the material. If I'd had a transcript of the 38 minute youtube video I could have skimmed and highlighted the key points in under 5 minutes. It was interesting to see Eric Westman's demeanor, but I could have done something else with the other 33 minutes of my life. I have this problem with all lectures recorded on video with no transcripts.