I can't listen to anything – and get writing (or anything else) done.

Writing I can scan, skim, process quickly, get the gist, get out.

Audio drives me nuts. And the producers can't resist putting a bit at the beginning, and a bit at the end, to identify the producers, etc., making something even longer. Reading is easily 4 times faster than listening.

That's why. But I'm getting old and crotchety.

I was very pleased when research at Stanford showed that the college students there – presumably the brightest of the bright – only THOUGHT they were multitasking efficiently, switching among their devices and real life experiences – they were actually doing a bad job.

Me, I set the timer, and focus. YMMV