With all of the love and respect, I've always been told that if you have to rate things at a half point (or, in this case, a quarter point and an eighth of a point), then your rating scale needs to be reassessed. I wonder if you used only whole points (or even allowing half points on occasion) how much it would impact your variance. Right now, as a listener of all 100 episodes (🥳), there seems to be A LOT in the 8-9 range which is exceptional. Something to ponder for the next 100!