I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum. I'm native Spanish speaker and to learn spanish you need to focus constantly on spelling because vowels don't change their sounds based on their containing word, they're stateless. Also, the way I learned English was by playing old videogames without any talks on them, just pure text 😂.

I always thought why I couldn't understand English pronunciation and talks integrally. That generated me a lot of anxiety. At least reading that article relieved a little my concerns

My recommendation is to read the transcripts of videos and podcasts. Anyway, not even native English speakers are able to capture significant amounts of information from podcasts or videos at all