Ride your ride and ignore the haters.

I don't engage with those who taunt, there's all sorts of crazy out there that I don't want to mess with. I run a helmet cam and have shut down a bully by pointing at my camera. A couple of times I have added "You're on video." I take solace is realizing that if someone is that rude or belligerent, they probably have or are heading towards a very unpleasant life of their own making.

As far as listening to podcasts, that's what I do, but just one ear, curbside.