Best Audio Lessons? (that include space for you to speak)

I have a lot of time in my work life that I'm doing mindless tasks. I'd like to fill this time learning japanese.

I've been using Pimsleur but I feel like the lessons could be a lot better. I really like the call and repeat (translate in japanese) format. I think it's been really good for improving my listening but there's a lot of things about Pimsleur that I feel could be better. They never actually explain any of the grammar they're using. Also once you get into the trickier levels, the time they allow for you to speak is definitely shorter than the time it takes to say the sentence. (Even saying it pretty fast, I can't get it out in time.)

Are there any other resources out there in an audio format that are made for user participation like this? Just listening to podcasts doesn't seem to work for me. I think to learn properly I need to speak as well as listen.

Edit: Note that I'm currently about N5 and I do lots of active learning in my free time as well. I'm just trying to improve my speaking and listening.