The New WordPress.com VS Podpage

The WP dashboard can, and has been rewritten in React, see Calypso, but it was rejected by wp.org community at the time (likely for the reasons you mentioned). Source: over 2 years ago

The wp-admin dash itself will likely move to React in the far future. It's a big undertaking, and not a priority, or even wanted at this point by the wordpress.org maintainers and community - wordpress.com already has a React powered dash that even predates Gutenberg, calypso, and the open-source maintainers rejected using it as its not suitable for their developer audience. Source: over 2 years ago

I don't want to use Wordpress as it's a bit too technical for me. What are your thoughts on specific builders for podcasts such as podpage.com and podcastpage.io? They don't get good reviews but I wondered if you had a good experience with them. Source: over 1 year ago

At the very least, a podcastpage.io or podpage.com site would do you well for SEO and a place to send people other than "wherever podcasts are heard". Source: over 2 years ago