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I am a university professor who likes to read books or articles. I’ve hesitated to move to the podcast platforms, but I’ve done so out of necessity. Over the last few years I have found mainstream news to be very shallow in their reporting of current events. As a former devoted 6:00 news watcher, I have switched to the podcast platform to get in depth information that is reliable and based on facts instead of propaganda or lies. There have been a few podcasts that I came across in my search and found to be “okay” but the Meidas+ stands out above and beyond my expectation! What I appreciate is that Ben is a former attorney who has trial experience. He knows how to research information and is able to understand the legal ramifications of what is happening in our current US political chaos. He is not afraid to state the facts and can do so with clarity. With everything that is going on in the world it is tough for me to make sense out of nonsense - and for Ben and his team, they do an amazing job of making sense of all the nonsense. I have found this podcast to be my favorite! I cannot recommend it enough. Well worth the switch from the “nightly news” format.

I don’t know where to begin but I have been listening and actually dancing with Sah and how I found this beautiful soul was not coincidence as I was going through my own grieving of loosing my mom. I’m just beyond grateful for these podcasts! Inspired and seen and heard that i can only say thank you for having the courage to come forward and BE that bridge for many of us. Today as I listened to this episode with Ash Canty and all her experiences as well as Sah’s experiences I was in tears of love, compassion, gratitude and kindness. I felt as if I was part of some of those experiences as well and wow it brought so much attention from the medial world as well and how little they know about the spiritual, and the body to the care of patients and the sickness is real and how ironic to say that in the health care system. I love you Sah thank you for making my morning even more aware of advocacy for mental health care and to know that even when we saw walking in this processes alone there’s humans like you willing to be a face to bring more awareness. Because without love and consciousness there’s no way to liberate and evolve as a humanity. ♾️✨🧘🏽‍♀️🤩🌈🙏🏽

I was reportedly born in 1959 and grew up in Saratoga, California - just East of Los Gators and an hour away from Santa Cruz, which I knew well from many trips to the town and its many beautiful beaches and having made several fishing trips from the legendary pier. Having always been morbid and being a regular reader of the fine and not at all sensationalistic San Francisco Chronicle from the age of seven so I was aware of the Zeds, the Zodiac and Zebra lads. Me Da’ was a native San Franciscan so we made frequent trips to that once and future amazing city. It was rather horrifying that two of my favourite places seemed to be teeming with prolific, psychopathic killers. All of this set against the milieu of the napalm drenched atrocities of Vietnam, which both of my parents actively opposed. We made several of the big anti-war demonstrations in San Francisco. Aye, Boyos, it was an interesting time to come of age, surrounded by the murderous rampages being committed by both my country and countrymen. Life is cheap, don’t hitchhike and distrust everyone. Thanks for the amusing stroll along the halcyon days of my youth, delivered with the appropriate dose of gallows humour.

I recently discovered your podcast and I have to say, you stirred something inside me that was rather… unexpected. Like any good American I knew nothing about communism, or rather I knew one thing, communism was bad. But I never quite meshed well with the exploitive nature the surrounding culture either, it always seemed that I was at odds with the established norms of the workforce. So I’ve grown to just kinda accept that this is life and it’s better than those other places out there so just be thankful you aren’t out there. For context I’m a plumber by profession, and I live in a state where the unions, well there are no unions anymore, and I always wondered why that is. Because of your podcast, now I know. I could go on about complacently of the public in the face of doom, and the need to act soon before we’re all turned into corporate drones, or something to that effect. But I digress because mostly I wanted to thank you. Putting myself into other peoples shoes appears to have it’s benefits. And even if it turns out that those shoes happen to be red, I’ve recently discovered I like red. Take care.

Review: The View's podcast, "Behind the Table," is a must-listen for anyone seeking a mix of insightful political discussions, cultural commentary, and enjoyable banter. As a loyal viewer since 2012, I find the podcast to be a brilliant extension of the show, offering deeper insights into the hosts' thoughts and opinions. Following Anna, Sunny, and Alyssa on Instagram provides an additional layer of understanding, while Brian's private account is private, his commentary adds intrigue to his contributions on the podcast. A special shoutout to Anna for her loud and unapologetic stance on critical issues like the dangers posed by figures like Donald Trump. Her Instagram posts are as enlightening as they are enjoyable. Each host brings a unique perspective to the table, making the podcast a diverse and balanced discussion forum. "Behind the Table" feels like a daily dose of enlightenment, with each episode combining the personal touch of each host with varied viewpoints on critical topics. This podcast is not just entertainment; it's an essential listen for a well-rounded understanding of today's world. Keep up the fantastic work!

"Awakened Nation" by Brad Szollose is a captivating podcast that delves into the realms of personal growth, entrepreneurship, and spiritual awakening. Szollose's engaging interviewing style creates an inviting atmosphere for both guests and listeners. He skillfully brings out profound insights from a diverse array of guests, ranging from thought leaders to everyday individuals with inspiring stories. Each episode is thoughtfully crafted, featuring discussions that challenge conventional thinking and encourage self-exploration. Szollose's passion for the subject matter shines through, making complex topics accessible and relatable. The podcast not only informs but also motivates listeners to reflect on their own journeys and aspirations. The production quality is excellent, with clear audio and a polished presentation. Whether you’re seeking inspiration, practical advice, or a deeper understanding of the human experience, "Awakened Nation" delivers. It's a must-listen for anyone interested in personal development and the power of community. Overall, this podcast enriches its audience with valuable perspectives and actionable takeaways.

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe is the absolute best podcast out there. Mike’s brand of informative & insightful, yet humble and homespun commentary on remarkable people and relevant subjects is deeply inspiring and a pleasure to listen to. Mike clearly has an enduring connection with each one of his guests and they are able to delve into the topics and issues contained in the book or project being promoted, without giving too much away. Mr. Rowe has the unique talent for engaging his guests on a personal level, as well as revealing the value of the missions of their organizations, making the listener want to know more, just as he did on Dirty Jobs, Rowe’d Trip and others. Who wouldn’t want to listen to Mike Rowe talk about anything? (which he does, by the way…). Thanks, Mike! Besides being a fan of your wonderful mother’s hilarious and insightful literary and social media contributions, I continue to have a growing reading list to enjoy, based upon your guests’ books and projects, as I live abroad out here in a big, bold, ever-changing world. You help keep us grounded.

Both podcasts produced by True Sunlight are fact filled with content that is not fluff or derived from narratives in mainstream media. This is what mainstream media wanted to be when it grew up but failed to go to class. Mandy, Liz, Eric, and David, along with Eric, Beth, and the rest of the team, are spitting out work that rivals any news outlet anywhere. Running down leads, checking out sources, fact checking themselves before someone else does, and getting the story right the first time, has been evident from the start. No, I’m not a paid reviewer. I’m a real person that has followed Mandy from the beginning at The Island Packet. I live in South Carolina and am impacted by the outcome of real journalism here. I’m a premium member of soak up the sun since it started and know of the racquet that is out there in the media with ‘less than’ subscription outlets, and by watching the other podcasts jump at reporting True Sunlight’s articles as if they did the work. True Sunlight is the original and best true crime podcast. Period.

I just discovered this podcast recently and have only listened to the first three episodes (four, counting the short introductory episode), but I like it quite a bit. I might have given it four stars if I had only listened to the first two full episodes, but in the third the hosts explain that at the beginning, especially in episodes one and two, they were still finding their feet (and tongues). And the third episode is a noticeable improvement. I am willing to trust that the podcast keeps improving from this point on. The subject matter is perfect for a long-, long-time Wolfe fan such as myself and I really like the intense (if at times somewhat rambling and disjointed) discussions that can focus on the smallest details. It is very reminiscent of the Urth email discussion list that I participated in for quite some time many many years ago. As the hosts state, the Urth list was, in some ways at least, the forerunner and inspiration for this podcast, so it is also a real blast from the past for me.

Thankful T&T has its “own” podcast so I can find quick and easy. I’ve been following along for awhile now -recovering and working through infidelity, forgiveness etc and these segments have been life changing. As a Christian, receiving the wisdom from a therapist, a theologian and a woman who has lived in and through betrayal has been life giving. Questions of forgiveness, staying, leaving, boundaries to further protect relationships are all touched upon. Having the psychology side of it and the Word to back it is so helpful during a time of so many questions. Knowing that a godly woman has walked this journey, felt the same things, thought the same things and questioned the same things reminds us to find our worth in the One Worthy during a time of low self-confidence, lack of joy, lack of peace and to see her come out on the other side still proclaiming Gods goodness is worth it all. Kudos to Lysa, Jim and Joel for helping so many through their own (my own) journey. God Sent for sure. Eager for many more segments.

I’ve been with my husband for almost 13 years but only married two years and we were forced to cancel our wedding twice due to the pandemic so we only got married in our dining room very very briefly planning on still doing our planned wedding soon as possible because we had everything to. Have the ceremony and reception including already buying the meat. Unfortunately for the last two years though something happened to our sex life that was always amazing before but all of a sudden we were going months without it and any kind of intimacy too we don’t talk about it unless we are in an argument and throwing it at eachother to lay blame on one another which it’s not one persons fault it’s both of us we drifted apart somehow so I found this podcast after listening to many others first but I started following this advice and ITS REALLY REALLY HELPFUL I AM STILL DOING THINGS AND TRYING THINGS THE EPISODES SUGGEST BUT ITS WORTH TRYING IT OUT YOU WONT BE DISAPPOINTED AT THE LEAST!

I am SO thankful for this podcast! I’m not really a podcast consumer (can’t get into it and listen to a lot of audiobooks and music instead). But this podcast!!! I’ve subscribed and listened to several just this weekend and shared with others, including my parents, one of my pastors, and our church communication platform! (The episode I shared was the interview with Rosaria Butterfield and Christopher Yuan- GOOD STUFF!) I have a brother that has recently “come out” and it’s broken the hearts of me and my parents while my siblings have been allies with him- the Word of God and the church has been SO helpful. And the Lord shows the power of the gospel to save through lives changed- I’m thankful for the testimonies shared through Beckett and many peoples he hosts! Praise the Lord for this work He has done and your obedience to share! Because we all were dead only being made alive by the finished and saving blood of Christ, and these testimonies add to our thanksgiving to the Lord!

Stellar talk across literally every thing imaginable. I get my Alan Watts, I get my Marital advice. I can study any topic which interests me. We could use a little more Pythagoras. But as soon as a I type that someone has probably put one out in the cyber realm. Of course my music desires are jealous and teenagers are bored with all these old people topics. Hey when I was a kid you would have to have a cassette tape and recorder and be physically present to start the recording at a specific time in order to back up and be able to hear something repeated. 7 thumbs way up. The ambience is out of this world knowledgeable speakers. I could go in forever. Love this. With all that being said I would like to make a request of the developers. When I find a new podcast to listen to and I go back and start it on episode 1 it will play and then at the end of the podcast it stops and i am Bombarded with pervasive and persistent silence. However if I I find a new podcast and just start on their most current episode and it reaches the end it automatically pleases my ears by playing the episode prior to that one and could continue playing episode after glorious episode until we reach the very first one. Hopefully we could find that in a future update. And my words are more effective than “Yo podcasts are the bomb. But we should be able to play the podcasts from the oldest to the newest. Fix this nerds. But still 7 Thumbs way up!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👍

My life has been transformed. Over the course of a year or two, I’ve become a huge fan of podcast-land. Firstly, it’s FREE! It’s a platform that offers you the opportunity to really become an “expert” in your area of interest, whether it’s about business, financial management, or personal development/self-love and care. The Podcast app has introduced me to a new world of mindset and allows me the space to call many of those whose content I indulge in my “mentors.” Best of all, the many shows available are constantly back-linking you through the Show Notes, and I’ve discovered all sorts of other content of there’s and others across platforms; saved an expansive inventory of digital resources such as guides, e-books, checklists, and more; as well as introduced me to the hosts network of individuals too. The collaborative community involved with each other in their respective fields who contribute to building this expansive library of audio content is incredible! I love that you make it easy by allowing us to download episodes as they come, and delete them from our storage as they become a moment of the past. Thanks Apple! PS - my one frustration as of recent: since the newest iOS 15 update, my list of podcasts in my queue list delete if I close the app from the background or not play them for a while. It is a tad annoying having to go through and re-find the podcasts I had scheduled in my queue. Thank you! :-)

I just want to say how amazing the Bible in a year podcast and study with father Mike is. I have read my Catholic daily Bible the new living translation for the past five years and this is the first year that I am joining the Bible in a year with father Mike. And reading my Catholic daily Bible for the past five years I had to do my own research and sometimes it became so overwhelming because I didn’t understand something and even after researching I still didn’t understand but with father Mike he explains it and breaks it down. And if something isn’t meant to be understood he clearly says it. We just have to continue to have faith and trust in what God has laid out for us. Another important thing is to have a Catholic priest which is so important for us Catholics because I was finding myself during my research turning to protestant Bibles and protestant apps and trying to find answers. So this podcast and the study is so amazing I cannot recommend it enough my entire family is doing it.

Fixed playhead issues on relaunch from prior versions, also queue is preserved consistently between launches, thank you! Queue has a nice touch, stopping automatically one second from the end of the episode when your cue finishes so you can check the show for a new cast or be reminded what topic you last finished on next launch; a beautiful, subtle feature. • Chapter markers & auto-transcriptions make this a wonderfully full-featured experience. Gorgeous, emotive, responsive U/I as we've come to expect from Apple, makes all casts look upon a beautiful stage. Also robust longpress support (including 'follow show'), & drag-to-minimize the show view from behind the playtongue are appreciated. (Just gently tugging mobile elements around is satisfying and fun during navigation, they bob tactilely and snap nicely to position!) ~For the future, storing a history of past-listens when scrolling up above the queue like Apple Music would be helpful. Thank you for keeping a log of recent listens on the home tab!

Most jiu jitsu content is made and put out by experts and veterans of the sport. Rolling over 40 is hosted by someone new to the sport who’s passionate about learning more. The podcast focuses on people who came to jiu jitsu later in life, their individual paths that led them to the sport and each guest varying from brand new white belts to veterans who’ve been on the mats for years have a different perspective about training, about competing and they share their jiu jitsu journey beginning with what brought them to the sport and going forward from there. Great podcast for anyone considering trying jiu jitsu, anyone new who wants to learn more about what training looks like, particularly for people over 40 who started late in the game and even for grizzled veterans wanting to reconnect with that fresh perspective of what it’s like to be mew to the sport, interested in the puzzle that is jiu jitsu and excited about learning more about it. Great podcast all around.

Changed my life. Changed my perspective on the past, showed me how to talk to people and how a lot of different people think and how they deal with each other in the real world of Hollywood and New York and in the past kind of interesting to where I can’t put it down. He’s up to 372 and I have gone back and listen to half of them. So Mark is a friend and brother in Christ I’ve known for many years. I have helped him with the number of his projects and the support of him and also really appreciated how he and his wife have taught my kids since they were infants. They are upper teens now, and he is also advised us as far as aspects of their artistry. I never want his podcast to end but if it must I’m sure I will be going back over it and also playing a number of the women involved in his interviews for my daughter who may become a singer. Is so interesting to hear all of the stories I can’t say enough about this podcast.

I was just diagnosed with my second round of cancer. I’m 77, and really hoped I had dodged the bullet finally, after 14 years of “remission.” I couldn’t sleep. If I fell asleep, I soon woke up, numerous times, to ruminate about how bad could it be this time? Would I need Chemo and Radiation again????? What if they tell me to “wrap up your affairs, and prepare your family?” Then I found Sleep Cove, with Christopher. Thank God! Really. I have told all of my friends and family how wonderful this podcast is. What a great resource for anyone who can’t turn off their worry brain at night. I’ve been falling off to sleep like a log from the first night! I told my daughter who really seemed to take my enthusiasm about Sleep Cove with a very large grain of salt. “That’s great, Mom. Glad it helps you.” So I asked her to just listen one time, and she reluctantly agreed. She called the next day. “WOW, Mom! I fell asleep right away! I couldn’t believe it!” So I thought I should very definitely support your work, Christopher. I can’t thank you enough. I’ve listened to easily a hundred different podcasts and Audible Books, and you’ve got all of the Aced! None of them even come close. ‘ Thank you so much for saving my sanity, and your incredible ability to smooth the soul. Also the different topics you choose to address are fabulous. The one of “Forgiving Yourself” was life changing, and all of your episodes are full of affirmation. —Barbara from Hockessin, Delaware, USA

I would love to hear an episode on how you structure training your employees. I’ve heard you skim over it and talk about building the roadmap but Im wishing I had you to explain like a detailed roadmap to give my new employees that doesn’t miss the key marks they need to accomplish in those beginning months because I feel like my training is not getting through or not being taken seriously and that’s probably my fault. I want to know the best structure because I tried benchmarks they got ignored, I tried coming in one on one and doing a 4-6 hour class, I give them all the tips to guide them to help their marketing funnel and remind them almost weekly that guest experience is the most important focus, but I’m not quite seeing the results I want in the first few months after hiring and maybe it’s telling me I’m hiring the wrong people I’m not sure, but I can’t wait to hear your feedback! Thanks!

These three are entertaining, real, honest, show their hearts in a vulnerable way that connects with the audience and it seems each other. I’m not poly , but love hearing and learning more about these three beautiful people. The podcast is entertaining, but it also brings to light a different way of being I relationships that may help me. I am not saying poly, but just good to see one maybe accepted as they are and as I have always believed ad practiced we have character traits not flaws. This podcast gives me hope I won’t be a donate - although I’m 51 and never have had a boyfriend- I also love hearing sex is good because I have never had a sexlife and desperately want one- a monogamous one. This podcast helps people see your choice is your choice. Consent. The examples of non violent and compassionate communication is great! I hope you take a listen. 💚

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I do not have an official ADHD diagnosis but was put on Vyvanse for binge eating and after taking it, the internal background noise is starting to fade. Thanks to the podcast and you, I’m learning a lot about why I am doing, feeling and acting the way I do! Thank you

Podcasts has been great for me to be able to stay productive and answer burning questions I need that I don’t have any experience in. I can search up nearly any topic and find something someone is teaching on it. My expertise grows because of this. The convenience of being able to download the episodes and following the channels allows me to stay in tune with topics I previously covered. A very great educational tool with a lot of of benefits’

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This app is basically the reason I’ve had an iPhone for years. Recently it has gotten increasingly buggy and unreliable, and reliability is what was always best about Apple products; they just worked. About a year ago I started having problems with the app downloading the wrong podcast, I would download podcasts A, B, and C, but it would play A, B, and A. I would have to delete podcast C and redownload it later to get it to play C, because it had actually downloaded A and labeled it as C. More recently I’ve been having the additional problem of the app constantly forgetting what I asked it to play next. I order the episodes A, B, C, D, E, F; and back in the olden days it would just play those podcasts in that order unless I told it otherwise. Nowadays, the app will play A and then play A again, or maybe skip to C, or maybe just stop altogether, sometimes it will even start playing older episodes of A that I’ve already listened to. Occasionally when I pause a show and then hit play again it will start playing a completely different podcast. When these problems occur, if I check the Playing Next list it will show that it has been completely changed or forgotten, but sometimes if I go to another podcast and add it to the playlist it will restore the playlist I created with the new addition. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app which didn’t help. I tried contacting Apple for help which is now basically useless, so that didn’t help either.

While I generally find the app to be clear and easy to use, there are some critical bugs with downloads. For serial shows which have to be played in order, while the podcast creator can designate that as the intended play order, the Podcasts app doesn’t recognize it for downloads. There is no option to download the “next” set of episodes, but there is a bug with the strings. When you switch to, for example, “download 3 most recent” and then go back, the string on the outer menu is “download next 3 episodes”. You can go in and out of the menu and it will change back and forth between “next” and “most recent”. In any case, whichever you choose, it just downloads the most recent. I’m on episode 3 of a story podcast that is marked as needing to be listened to in order, and download “next/most recent 3” downloads episodes 11-13. There is simply no way to get it to download 3-5, or even just 3. This is frustrating enough that I’m deducting 2 stars. There is another flaw that has caused me to remove another star. You cannot mark a podcast series as “played up to this point”. If I’ve listened to a series on another app and am hundreds of episodes in, I can’t switch over to this app and mark those first 200 as already played. I have to do every episode manually, which is infuriating if I, again, want to listen to episodes in order.

Someone before me who also gave this app 1 star said if u long press your screen, a little list pops up and u can click “helpful”, “unhelpful”, something else, but please click on helpful so more people see and MAYBE they will try to fix something. Anything. I listen to podcasts all day long. I work alone and it passes my time, I’ve done it for years. I left this app to go to stitcher, then had to come back. It is so much worse. How on earth does this app have almost 5 stars? First of all, some of the podcasts in my library say “episode temporarily unavailable” when I click on older (sometimes current) episodes. It is happening more and more lately. I can listen to an episode then the next day, all of the episodes are temporarily unavailable, or some are, it is sooooo frustrating! And what happened to “play next”?! That was something I used constantly and now it is gone! Why??? Your queue has totally changed and automatically plays unplayed episodes of whatever podcast I am listening to?? Why did u start doing that?? It makes no sense. I could go on and on. Seriously, how complicated can this app be to maintain let alone improve?? You are Apple for gods sake. There are so many improvements and additions u should be able to do with no problem, but u can’t keep it at the sub par level it always has been, let alone improve it by adding user friendly and interactive features. Between this and the nightmare you call Siri, I can’t figure out why anyone wants to deal with anything Apple anymore.

My biggest issue is the home page. My original thought was something needs to be changed with the “up next” section. Rather it needs to be switched with a “continue where you left off” section. Say I’m listening to past episodes of a certain pod, the new episodes will take their place in that section causing me to have to do extra work to find where I left off and I’m less likely to continue listening bc something similar of out of sight out of mind I’ll just unfollow the show. But after further investigating of the app it’s even more prevalent this is needed. There’s literally a “latest episodes” tab in library. We don’t need both. The up next section isn’t even really up next it’s the latest episodes tab on ur Home Screen with a misleading name. The app also pushes discovery of new shows VERY HEAVILY. Yet I can’t really explore deeper into these shows bc of the previous stated reasons. Home Screen is basically designed as a second browse tab. Also needs to be an additional option for saving shows of interest as opposed to the follow button. Yes u can “save” episodes to listen to. But what if I see a new show I’m interested in and would like to explore more later? Maybe a tab of “shows you were interested” would help. I downloaded this platform specifically for one show(that has now concluded) I see a switching of platforms in my future.

I used to use this app every single day to listen to hours of my backlog of my favorite podcasts, then Apple suddenly switched directions and completely removed the ability for users to load and store old episodes of podcasts and manage them as they like. I spent countless hours trying to find a hidden feature to do what used to simply be the natural function of the app, when it was built into iTunes, but to no avail. My huge library of podcast content was simply lost to me. It was first scrambled by the broken Podcast app for macOS, so I could no longer access the files directly, then this app failed to support playback of the files I did have. Archives of older episodes are often very difficult to come by, as many providers truncate the older files, or creators switch services and don’t bring their older episodes over to the new service. My years-old collection was lost. I ended up scouring the Internet to gather up as many of the raw MP3 files as I could find, and am awaiting someone to give me a way to organize and listen to them. Finally, recently, I discovered that iMazing may be a solution to load podcasts directly into this app manually, but my first attempt got some into my library, then they disappeared after I synced my phone again. I just don’t understand they need to remove a core functionality from one of their apps that is used by so many people. :(

I generally like this app, but recently - I like it less, due to some unexpected playback behavior. I made a smart playlist including several different podcasts that have unplayed episodes published within the last week. I select the first episode on this playlist to start playing it and it seems to work ok, but if the app is ever interrupted for any reason and I resume podcast playback, it will start to play whatever partially played episode it was playing last (which is good), but instead of playing the next episode on the smart playlist, it goes to the next unplayed episode of only that one podcast, forgetting the smart playlist I made and playing episodes that are many months old. Because I often am playing the podcasts app while driving, I notice it and am irritated by the lack of variety and when I stop and park the car, I find myself manually adding episodes to “up next” and having to be more ‘hands on’ than I would like to be. The shorter summary is that smart playlists need to get a little smarter. I also have been requesting a new feature to allow me to sort a playlist by episode duration. I prefer to listen to my shorter 5-10 minute podcast episodes first and the 45 minute or the hour long podcast episodes last.

Another update: three times this week. Three times the setting changed on its own. I’m back. It happened again. Less than a week. — I am so annoyed by this, I’m coming back to update my review after having to change this setting AGAIN. I turn off the continuous playback setting on this app at least once per week. Some weeks, it’s every day. There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why it keeps turning on. A quick Google search reveals that this is a known issue that many people have complained about. I’ve tried going on to each of my apple devices to make sure the setting is off, and the next day, it will turn back on. Why does this setting keep changing? It didn’t even used to be the default. I do not like waking up in the middle of the night to find that my podcast app has played five episodes of a show I wanted to listen to when I’m AWAKE. FIX THIS ISSUE. ITS BEEN YEARS. Updated my review to take away another star as the continuous playback function has turned itself AGAIN. I can’t go longer than a week without it changing on its own. There are so many posts on Apple Support and Reddit about this very issue. PLEASE FIX IT. I used this app for years without this being an issue. Why has it been an issue for the last two years? It’s seriously so annoying and it’s messing with my ability to keep up on my favorite podcasts.

What happened to this app? In the last couple weeks both the iPhone and iPad app have developed tons of problems. The iPhone version constantly forgets where it is in a podcast, resetting playback to the beginning, or thinking I finished one that I was in the middle of listening to when I pause it. This causes it to remove the download and both problems cause me to lose where I was. I haven’t experienced these problems on the iPad app, but that one keeps resetting playback speed to 1x every time I move to the next podcast or when I pause and come back to it later. Obviously, this isn’t as bad, but it’s very annoying when I’m trying to watch a series of short podcasts in one sitting. Update: the previous problems seem to have become less common, but now it always jumps to a random podcast to play after the current one, even if continuous playback has been turned off. This random choice doesn’t favor podcasts I’ve downloaded and almost always chooses one I’ve already played. This app has become completely unusable and Apple doesn’t care. Please don’t use this. A first year programming student should be able to create a superior product. The only redeeming quality is that the app tracks progress between platforms (iPhone, iPad, Mac) but it fully ignores this progress when playing so it doesn’t matter at all.

The most recent update changes the use of the lower rectangular window that opens when playing a podcast and allows a quick pause, or you can tap on the bar to get more options like FF or rewind. It was quick, u fussy, & simple. Now when swiping up it expands into a window that takes up the full screen and shows the text, moving along w/the vocals. The downside is really a bad experience for a user like me. The continuous movement of script & highlighting of words spoken is very distracting (I keep it open because I’m often interrupted & need to rewind or pause), and if I need to move the phone and my finger barely touches the screen audio suddenly starts playing the script that was touched. Also, the fast forward/rewind bar sinks down & is no longer accessible so you have to swipe up to expand the bar for the audio FF/RW, but if your busy doing something it’s more likely that the screen just scrolls up fast instead because it’s overly sensitive & is responsive in a way that leans toward the script. I’d really rather have it the way it was so that I could see the podcast home screen or a podcast home page and keep checking that stuff out and hit the bottom bars to rewind or FF effortlessly as needed w/out it interrupting was I was looking at. It’s a disappointingly clunky UX now, requiring too much effort to be careful, and the usual intuitive interface that I’ve been used to as someone who’s used Apple devices for the last couple of decades is just not there. Please offer an option to have it the way it used to be and a setting option for those that want the scrolling of script. I listen to podcasts everyday and it’s really disappointing that it’s requires this effort.

I have been a loyal Apple customer since buying an Apple IIe computer in 1982. I love Apple products. For the last 6 years I have been using this podcast app for 6-8 hours a day at work. I was taking 15 to 20 min to set up MY playlist. I would sometimes binge on a new podcast I found. Other times I would set up the order to match the types of work I was doing that day. Then Apple, you decided you knew best how and what I want to listen to. I updated my phone just before going to visit family so I just started listening again. It seems that the podcast app gets to set up my playlist-again! Didn’t you learn that people want to control the order they play their podcasts in after the last time you screwed it up? I am finding episodes I didn’t have listed suddenly pop up in the middle of my playlist or episodes I asked to play next go to the middle of the list. Podcasts that I haven’t listened to in months because I didn’t like them but hadn’t removed from my library are now interspersed in my play list. I can’t change the order either. I would have to remove them and try again I guess. What were you thinking? Doesn’t anyone that works on this app actually try to use it? I would hate to go to a new app as I have invested so much time in finding podcasts I love. Please Apple, just fix this already!

How can Apple, on of the first companies to realize how important user interface is, make such a convoluted and confusing app. Is there really no way to auto play a season from beginning to end? Unless a que up the next episode when I finish an episodes the podcast app doesn’t play anything or starts the newest episode from a podcast I haven’t listened to in over a year. There isn’t even a “recently listed to” menu. I have to search for it every time and figure out what episode I’m on. It has also stopped keeping track of what episodes I have already played. So I put a bunch of episodes in que, this afternoon they dispersed and it started playing a podcast I subscribe to but don’t listen too. I suspect subscribing to the new podcast I want to listen to would fix some of this, but at least auto play the next episode of the podcast I’m whether I am subscribed to or not. I listen while working and sometimes I want to try a podcast before subscribing… I can’t be stopping every half hour to find the next episode if I forgot to air on up. Anyways, this app lacks a intuitive interface and takes to much effort to figure out. I will find another place to listen to podcasts… just hard to believe the company that made podcasts a thing can’t make a worthwhile app for them.

I used to enjoy the podcast app when you could set up auto play next episode in a series. For some reason I cannot find the way to do this anymore. Episodes do not auto play. When I’m driving, I have to constantly stop to get to the next episode within the same season of a podcast. For some reason it autoplays a different podcast show I was watching and completely kicks me out of the show episode list. I cannot enjoy listening in my car because it’s too much and dangerous to fiddle with the app while I’m driving and it’s unrealistic to stop every 30 min on a long drive just to play. Apple car play could be better developed so that it’s Easier to see the list of episodes for a season of a show if you are actively listening to that season. The apple CarPlay often glitches or doesn’t properly load and I can never find the show I’m currently listening to easily. This app is great otherwise, but it would be great to support functionality for safe use while in the car. If there’s something I’m missing, I would love for someone from support to clue me in on how to find the right settings for auto play.

I can take or leave the interface, not bad, not amazing either. I just surf podcasts I like already or have been recommended and queue them up and it technically does that in a largely coherent way. it does take quite a few button presses to do so, but I can still accomplish what I’m looking to do. What really gets my goat though is the app constantly crashes and puts me back at the home page over and over, sometimes it continues to play whatever podcast is going but resets the interface. More seldom the entire app crashes and kicks you out; deleting and redownloading the app only temporarily ameliorates the issue. It’s to the point I can’t access lists of episodes for a podcast because it consistently crashes before I can press all the necessary buttons / menus in order to get to a show’s episodes. Pretty much the only thing you can do easily is play the most recent episode of the 5 most recent podcasts on the home page; otherwise you’ll spend 3-5 minutes waiting for the app to remain stable long enough to allow you to navigate it any further than what’s most immediately accessible from the home page. Very disappointing how apple has allowed its products to ensh*tify like this.

I have no idea what happened but since the last update at least half the podcasts I follow have dropped off my feed and I have to go chase down the latest ones individually. Very irritating. I tried fixing it all sorts of ways and nothing worked. Apple support is unsurprisingly uninterested. I’ll probably find a better app for this. It’s gotten worse, recently, now I get notifications for podcasts that I then go to look for and they haven’t downloaded, they’re not even in latest episodes. I’m having to check through each podcast and figure out which ones are getting lost. I’m slowly importing things into another app, but it’s really irritating that Apple isn’t lifting a finger to do anything. Also all these people who are leaving 5 star reviews for specific podcasts, do they realize Apple is getting all their ratings and the makers of the podcasts aren’t getting any of the benefit? No fix ever made by Apple. A show that I had paid a subscription to became basically unavailable because although my subscription showed on the page it was still unavailable for some reason. Numerous sessions with Apple got me a lot of empty platitudes and no action. Apple used to be really proactive about fixing problems I guess not any more.

I listen to between 10 and 15 podcasts every week on a regular basis. In recent weeks I have noticed that even though I add podcasts to my queue it is constantly reverting back and playing episodes that I have either previously listened to or have even deleted because I wasn’t interested in that one. They do not play in any sort of logical order so I will often find a podcast that’s several days old that has been skipped over if I’m not paying attention. It has also dropped extremely old episodes into the Up Next section because I’m currently subscribed to that podcast. I don’t understand what is so difficult about providing an app that plays the specific podcasts that you subscribe to in the order that they are received and to be able to re-order those easily if desired. Perhaps it’s Apple’s desire to have you “explore” more podcasts, and so they make it much more difficult to listen to the ones that you already subscribe to and throw in other random episodes that you have not asked for. If I wanted to find other podcasts and add more to my collection, I would go to the explore page, but I do not. Generally I’m a fan of Apple products, but the podcast app has become very frustrating of late.

This app has a number of flaws and I’m amazed it has a 4.9 rating. 1. It has no memory or history of what you were listening to the last time. If you listened to half a podcast, then came back to the app later, it has no clue where you were. You simple are at the home page of the app. You have to try and remember where you found the Pcast last time so take careful notes. You might have clicked down in the app 5 layers in search of a good Pcast, found a series of stories to listen to, listen to the first one, then left. It has NO IDEA where you were. 2. There are arrow buttons for what appears to be forward and back movement within the Pcast, but they actually take you to another Pcast. At that point you’re thinking it moved you to the next Pcast of the series you’re listening to. NOPE! It opened a Pcast from somewhere unknown, just a random Pcast. You’d expect it to at least start you on story one of a 6 part story line. Again NOPE! It started you on episode 3 of a story series you didn’t choose, in a genre you didn’t choose, in a catagory you didn’t choose. 3. Don’t bother trying the search feature, it has no idea what it has on board. Even if you know the name of the series you’re listening to, it can’t find it and take you to it. Apple should be embarrassed by this lame app. THE WORK AROUND; first let me say I shouldn’t need to have a work around for doing something as simple as remembering where I left off. Here it is, once you’ve found a story series you want, click on the 3 dots at bottom right of the description, choose either “download episode” or”save episode “. Next time you use app choose library button at bottom and find your downloaded or saved stories.

In looking through reviews, it seems that a lot of the five star reviews are people who think they are leaving a review on a specific podcast, not this actual app. I feel like the overall rating is very skewed because of this. I’ve used this app for podcasts since 2015, and use it almost daily. The recent changes that made it so you see all unplayed episodes of a show were annoying enough. I have shows I’ve listened to for years that I’ve deleted episodes I didn’t want to listen to, and now they are all back all of a sudden. We are talking hundreds of episodes I’m weeding through to find episodes I want to hear. Now, it’s even worse! The app won’t save my playlist anymore, AND if I close the app in the middle of an episode, and I restart, it just keeps picking the same episode of a random podcast that I already heard months ago! I’ve tried other podcast apps and just haven’t liked them enough to go through the hassle of subscribing to all my podcasts again because I really did love how this app USED TO organize my episodes and I hoped they would fix all of the problems with this app. It might be time to give up, unfortunately, since it’s been months and Apple has only made the app worse.

If Apple is wanting Podcasts to be a best-in-class app, it is clear that they don’t actually know how to accomplish that. Interaction with Airplay 2 is buggy (speaking politely). Often, when playing through HomePods, streaming is handed off to the HomePods, which take the bit in their teeth and stop responding to the controls in the Podcasts app. Additionally, the Podcasts app seems to wind up completely out of the loop with no clue as to what is actually being played. Sometimes the app can’t seem to get a HomePod to start playing, though sometimes a workaround is to get Apple Music to get the HomePod started streaming then switching back to the Podcasts app. On another note, I have been used to selecting a podcast to play and actually hearing the podcast start laying before the currently playing display gets updated to show what is playing. I will add the caveat that this does not seem as bad under iOS 15 on an iPhone 13 than under iOS 14 on an iPhone X. If I were on the team developing the Podcasts app and looking to move to a job outside Apple, I don’t think I would mention that I worked on that team in case the hiring manager I was talking to actually used the app.

When current events happen, it would be helpful to use the search function to see any recent podcasts that mention the search term. It would lead to me discovering more podcast creators that I otherwise would not see. Instead, search results list podcasts by a poor relevance algorithm that produces episodes from years past that are not very relevant in terms of latest information. For an example, there has been a shakeup in my hometown market where a local media personality has been let go. I would like to search podcasts that cover the shakeup — but instead I see podcasts from this personality that were published 3 or 4 years ago, despite content coming from this person every day. I recently upgraded my rating from 1 star to 3, because most of the bugs that repeatedly deleted my queue, and crashed the app, have been cleaned up. One other feature that should be added is the ability to recover your queue if you accidentally skip queued episodes by erroneously tapping a queued episode further down in the list.

I’ve used this app since 2016, and the most recent interface update has really ruined my listening experience. First, it’s hard to manage all the podcasts I listen to thanks to this weird change. Second, I’ve accidentally listened to the whole first episode from the most recent season of the podcast (S3E1) instead of logically going from S2E1 to S2E2. While that episode wasn’t too spoiler-y, S3E2 was, so I’m rather angry that some of the plot was spoiled by a stupid technical difficulty. I don’t understand how this keeps happening, but it did this to me a lot with another show, but thankfully I never listened to more than the first few minutes before realizing what happened. I use this app everyday, so I can say for certain that it’s gotten worse with time. I would really like to get back to enjoying podcasts instead of worrying about whether or not the app is going to work properly or not. I’m not even upset by the added subscription service (seriously podcasters need money like the rest of us), but I think it might have caused some of the many issues I have with the app. I’m not trying to say to take the feature away, but this needs some serious work to fix everything that this update caused.

I’ve been an AWL for 6 years, but I’m sick of Big Cat’s hypocrisy. He pretends to be non-political and says you’re a loser if you care about the MLB moving the all-star game from Atlanta but then also spends an entire episode talking about racism in America after the Jacob Blake incident and posts videos explicitly accusing conservatives of “ruining everything” in the wake of the Dobbs decision. He has made explicitly political overtures countless times and they always seem to punch in one direction. He is perfectly entitled to his liberal perspective, but there are only so many blatant instances of hypocrisy before I say no mas. I know my “principled stand” will do nothing, but I’m writing this melodramatic/psycho podcast review because I am sad to say goodbye to PMT. I have been an AWL since 2016 and I genuinely looked forward to every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning for the past 6 years. Sounds pathetic, but they got me through some pretty tough times too. What I loved about PMT, and Barstool in general, was that it was a non-political sports media outlet that didn’t talk down to you. Sadly, that changed and it’s now reached a point that I can’t in good faith keep supporting the smug ignoramuses that run that place. They’ve lost one AWL and probably gained a thousand more, so make of this what you will.

I normally listen to podcasts on my old iPhone 5-that podcast app makes sense and is easy to use. Contrast the current app - doesn’t make sense and difficult to use. The Up Next doesn’t seem to consistently have current episodes. The old app opens to a list of the newest episodes of your subscribed podcasts (why suddenly the switch to “follow”?) I can’t make a play list -only the current one playing plus one “play next”. I can’t easily find current and/or unplayed podcasts. With the old app you can call up a list of your subscriptions and by clicking on each one see your unplayed episodes or with an easy tap on “feed” you can see all available episodes. Somewhere buried in the newer app are “all available episodes” but it requires hunting. Also, if you tap on one of the giant icons (I don’t need giant pictures of the podcasts-better a little smaller and fit more in a window) the episode just starts playing before you can see the full description. I don’t want to beat a dead horse. Bottom line is please just admit this new app is a big mess and go back to the old one. This is the company whose product “podcast” is named after. Why not have a great app to play them?

I don’t know what is going on with this app, but it seems to keep getting worse. I keep falling behind in pods I follow because there is absolutely NO efficient way to look at a list of the pods you follow that have unplayed eps. First the little badge that used to tell you “3 unplayed episodes” vanished multiple updates ago. Then the only ones that got pushed to Up Next in the Listen Now screen are the ones you interact with regularly. It’s frustrating having to click on the details of each show to see that you missed several episodes. NOW it started putting new episodes of a few pods I listened to ONE time and never subscribed to or followed in my Up Next feed. No thank you, I didn’t choose to follow because I didn’t want to listen to more of that pod. Please don’t clog my feed. I’ve been on the edge of switching to a different app, but didn’t want to have to start all over with my extensive listening library. Mix these new issues with the inability to sync ep progress between Apple devices (which is completely ridiculous) and this app is becoming beyond useless. I may have to just bite the bullet and move on.

Hope springs eternal. I had to delete Podcast App (my most used app since it was released) around end of June 2021. It was shortly after the Apple announcement about the great new features - which I recall as paid subscriptions. Turns out the whole experience was bizarre and incomprehensible. It wouldn’t stop loading, overheated my phone and depleted the battery in 2hours. Apple Support had no knowledge why this was happening. I took usual steps culminating in a replacement of my phone under warranty. But as soon as I started using it again, same problem. A Google search led me to hundreds of stories. The solution in Apple’s Community Forums was to use a 3rd party App. I’ve been doing that, but haven’t found a satisfactory solution. Audible is decently designed, but has a limited library. Overcast doesn’t have many features for a heavy user. I’m now using multiple streaming apps. Not a seamless experience. Today with hope, I installed iOS 15, and tried again. Scrolling through podcasts, I have a constant error message on top that won’t go away, telling me I must have a subscription to listen to “this” content. I haven’t tried to listen yet! I’m scrolling through the library. Does “subscription” mean paid subscription? Why would I pay for audio content I haven’t listened to? You want $5/month for every single podcast I try? But I can’t get far enough even to read the description. Apple created this market. If they want to abandon it, they should just do that without the interim steps of making it a “bag of hurt” as Apple founder Steve Jobs once called Blu-Ray. This is not like resolving climate change or immigration. Just put a decent team on it for a few weeks. I know you can do it 🍎.

I’ve tried finding a way to reach out to the developers to report an issue but I cannot find any way to do that with apple owned apps. So I’ll have to write it in a review and hope someone sees it. There is an issue with this app. Multiple times while listening to podcasts it will stop playing. I’ll watch the timer continue as if it’s still playing with no sound, but then if I keep watching, it will slow down, stop and even count backwards. Like it’s stuck in a loop within the same 3-4 seconds. I’ll press pause and start, rewind and fast forward 10 seconds and none of that helps. The only way to fix it is to close out of the app completely and reload it. It doesn’t need to be updated and it’s happening on my husband and daughter’s phones too so I know it’s an issue with the app and not my phone. It’s becoming so frequent that I can’t even enjoy my podcasts anymore. Please work on this bug fix so I can change my review to a more positive one. Also some advice, please make it easier to reach out to the Apple developers, because if I can’t figure it out, it’s clearly not easy to do. I only found how to reach out to purchased or downloaded apps NOT owned by apple. 😐

After using other podcast apps, I started using this one when I got a new phone, and it is maybe the worst first party apple app I’ve used too. It is very hard to navigate and hard to resume podcasts from the next episode. And when the limited queue that the app put together (like six episodes) runs out, it just plays an old episode from a completely different podcast. In addition, there is no intuitive way that I have found to resume a podcast from the point you were last at. When I’m in the middle eps of a podcast, I need to either scroll from oldest or from most recent to get in the middle. I should be able to push a button that resumes from where I left off like every other podcast app. Also the ads are incredibly repetitive and sometimes I get the same ad for the same car dealership literally three times before the podcast starts (sometime four or five if the closing ads are the same too). Hopefully this gets fixed soon, as all Apple products and services realllly seem to be going down the drain. But until then I will be deleting this snd using another app

Update after several months: I more or less got used to this app’s problems, until today. Today is when I realized that there are dozens of episodes that I have downloaded and Added To Queue, but they are not in my queue. This is bad. Original review: Ugh! Accidentally started the last episode in my queue, which wiped out the dozens of others that I had in my queue. Really, really frustrating. Prior review: It’s frustrating that once a podcast is in the Playing Next area, you can no longer see how long the episode is. It’s frustrating that once a podcast is in the Playing Next area, you cannot see if it’s been downloaded, and cannot choose to download it. Frustrating that nowhere can you multi-select to download, mark played, remove/delete. It’s frustrating that won’t tell you the total length of the episodes that you put in the Playing Next area. It’s frustrating that in the Library, you cannot organize or group the shows. What really brings it down to 2 stars is if you accidentally start playing an episode in the middle of your queue, it wipes out all prior episodes from being in your queue, which is incredibly frustrating.

I have found the handoff experience with this app to be extremely frustrating. I often transition my listening between multiple outputs as I go about my day. In my case, between AirPods, wired aux, Bluetooth speakers, and an Apple HomePod. The player works ok with all but the HomePod, but in that case it reliably hands off the audio to the HomePod, then seemingly doesn’t “keep up” with what the HomePod is playing. When I go to transition back to another output, the app goes back to where I first transferred it to the HomePod. This leads to me hunting through whichever episode I was actually listening to before moving the audio off the HomePod because the app doesn’t know what I was actually listening to, and the HomePod can’t show me what the timestamp is. To further complicate things, once I have made that transfer I can no longer reliably control the audio on the HomePod. It carries on as if I never transferred the audio, while my phone plays the outdated timestamp from the first transfer as if that’s what I asked for. Baffling. Anyway, suffice it to say, this app has some serious shortfalls and oversights.

Apple Podcasts used to be great, then sucked for a while, then got better, and now yet again is having problems. The feature set and UI are great; I really enjoy the iOS and MacOS aesthetic and Podcasts complements it. With the new 15.4 update, Apple fixed the one thing I didn’t like, which was that you could only hide played episodes in the podcasts’ main pages, and selecting “all episodes” meant literally the podcast’s entire past feed, even all the played eps. Thats fixed now with the sorting. Now the bad. For reasons unknown, Siri can’t interface well with Podcasts app on any of my iPads. It always claims there’s a “problem with Podcasts.” Worked with Apple support for weeks, but their engineering teams couldn’t figure it out. They finally closed my case with no resolution, so I guess I just can’t use siri voice commands on the ipads anymore for podcasts. The other big problem is library syncing, or rather the lack thereof. The podcast cloud library sync between devices is extremely slow and buggy. It syncs the list of podcasts I follow, but tht’s it; despite even more weeks working with Apple engineers, it appears that for some reason, my iPads are totally unable to sync played/unplayed episode status. Just the show follow list. My iPhone and Mac on the other hand are fine - I listen 19:33 into an ep on my Mac, pick up my phone and pop the airpods in and say “hey siri resume [podcast title]” and boom it picks up at 19:33. The iPad, not so much. Again, the support case went nowhere and appeared to be quietly closed. I have since gone to Overcast which imho is not as good as Apple Podcasts in the UI, features, and aesthetic departments, but it is stable and simple and the syncing works perfectly. A nice UI and feature set are meaningless if the app doesn’t reliably perform its basic functions.

It plays podcasts, but not always the episode you want. Good luck relistening to a series! Good luck finding that single episode you downloaded from a series you don’t subscribe to! Developers not very responsive, unfortunately.

The podcast app is garbage. Apple is now prompting users for reviews that users believe are reviews of the podcast they are listening to buy instead it’s a review of the app. This app was rated one star prior to this manipulation because it is a terrible podcast app. It lacks basic functionality, it’s UI is confusing, things are hard to fine, UX make the app seem broken. Of course this review will likely be hidden from view so no one buy Apple employees will see it (shame on you). I hope at least the score counts.

… this seems to be the only app left on the roster that actively gets worse with every major release

This app is a mess. You will never be able to listen to a series of podcasts as it will randomly jump to different podcasts in your library. Played episodes will become I unplayed. Finding a a previous episode is not easy. Basically a hot mess.

It’s not good. It’s not even decent. I’d say you should throw it all in the trash and start from scratch.

I have been using this app for about 5 years. After an update about 6 months ago it is continuously crashing. Episodes I have already listened to will pop back up as unplayed, episodes I’ve already downloaded will show they haven’t been and won’t play if I’m not on wifi, up next deletes, app crashes.. very frustrating!

Rarely syncs playback between mac and iphone. Does not download podcasts I follow without the app being opened. Will not automatically download followed episodes if downloaded first on mac. Often create a duplicate episode when downloading/downloaded many episodes on iphone. Does not notify of new episodes unless app opened.

I have actually switched my podcast player after 10+ years of using this one. It deletes my play next list every time I close the app. What is the point of listening to podcasts while you drive if you have to open the app after every episode to find the next one. No thank you! So disappointed.

Considering some of the advantages of the integration of Apple podcasts with things like Siri and Apple TV, Apple Watch, Mac etc. I really want to use Apple podcasts. But it’s a nightmare of usability. Sticking with Pocketcasts for the foreseeable future.

This has to be one of Apple's worst apps. Needs to be redesigned from the ground up. Please

The app doesn’t behave properly when it comes to a series of episodes and instead of playing the next in the order, it follows up with the most recent one. As other people pointed out, it’s a huge disservice on the part of the developer, and given that it’s Apple, they probably won’t care enough to fix it anytime soon. I see complaints about it from as early as 2 years ago. Shameful, since otherwise it could be a great app. I will give it 1 additional star for the transcript feature. Update: Apple received my review and somehow made the problem worse. Now the app doesn’t just start unplayed episodes without order, it now includes already played episodes! There is a few episodes of the Bible in a Year and InTouch podcasts that I’ve listened to recently and they start again after I finish other episodes as if they’re completely new. I’ll be switching to another app. The experience is awful and Apple doesn’t care.

Garbage app feeds multiple ads before podcasts even start If you show me ads before any content I will boycott the advertiser , notify them that their ads on your platform are the reader

Why not leave well enough, alone? The functionality was diminished in latest update and the control from the apple watch is terrible.

There is no option to mark all episodes as unplayed. I listen to a podcast constantly and wanted to restart the catalogue again. Since there is no way to mark all episodes as unplayed I thought I could unfollow and re-follow to reset my listening history. It worked, but It also removed all saved episodes that were favourites of mine.

It’s been yeeeeears since this app was released and to this day it still glitch. Pls make a subscription model and take my money and give a working app that plays the episodes I want

Constantly tells me podcast are unavailable

By a mile

Bad

This app is impossible to use. Non intuitive. Sets episodes as listened when they have not been. Disorganized. It feels like it’s designed to make a person look for a better app.

Constantly buffeting even with full bars. It’s not my connection.

One of the worst apps I’ve seen in my life when it comes to the layout, usability, and features. Also, no option to sort podcast episodes from oldest to newest on the podcast website, I hope your developers step on a LEGO daily.

Ever since the most recent update the podcasts app will remove unplayed downloaded episodes of shows. Normally I use podcasts at work when I have no wifi and am not willing to use cellular data and run up my bill. Recently more than half of the downloads I had were just removed for no reason, I don’t even have the setting activated to automatically remove played downloads, many of them were in my queue also. It doesn’t even say they were played, it just removed them and it is infuriating because I don’t want to spend an hour trying to get everything downloaded back again. The app was convenient but it is quickly becoming a source of frustration. I just want to be able to listen to shows when I’m out and away from a wifi signal. You can’t even get support for the app. I’ve tried, it takes you to the Apple support website and then you can’t select the podcasts app. It will take you to the billing and subscriptions section. Why add a useless support button? It doesn’t take you to a page that can actually help with app related problems.

I enjoy listening to hours of podcasts every week but lately I have been repeatedly hearing ads that, among other things, describe heinous acts of violence against women. It’s disgusting to hear and there is no way to avoid hearing that type of content. There needs to be better management of ad content on this app.

Has Podcasts had an update in the last decade? This is the worst App on my phone. It is so slow. Takes 3-5 minutes to refresh the landing page to current episodes.

I have to brace for do much frustration when using this app. I can never tell what podcast it will decide to put on next. Why can’t it just be the next episode in the same podcast? Navigating to an older episode is such a pain. Also have to make frequent stops because it’s not really visually apparent that you’ve listened to an ep.

Please hire competent people

Simple app that worked perfectly well forever until early 2025 when it’s effectively unusable. Clicking to play anywhere in the app takes over a minute to load the next page. I’m writing this review before switching to another podcast app because I’m so frustrated. It’s not my iPhone as every other app works fine.

With iOS Updates since 18.3, I can no longer load content, or even Library content. I have rebooted and reinstalled the app. Nothing works. I am now considering a third-party app.

Won’t play a podcast for more than a few seconds before pausing.

Has any beta testing ever been done on this app since its inception?! Buggy, confusing, has a life of its own, plays whatever and whenever it feels like! But the crown jewel goes to Speed Control! Seriously, speed x1 —> x1.25! Is that the smallest increment they could come up with? Was it a math issue, logic deficiency, or corporate cluelessness?! Just wondering. Considering the price of Apple devices and their markups, this seems to be a planned shafting, and I wonder if a bottle of KY was supposed to accompany this app! Just to avoid any further insult! Come on, Apple, we know you can do a lot better; just take a look at Samsung, they have a built-in moon in their cameras! We just need an OK app; it doesn’t even have to be great! As a professional conspiracy theorist, I think this app was written by a lone coder (a boomer) around early 2007, then Apple lost track of the app and its coder. I suspect he has been cashing his cheque every month since. The only hope left is either the coder’s retirement or, God forbid, Apple’s Review Cop finds this top secret feedback. Fingers crossed (although slippery at this point).

You can in fact listen to podcasts on this app but that’s about where the good things end. Very finicky to play the actual episode you want, no easy option to listen through a podcast by order of release, constantly loses your progress in a podcast to instead just play a list of the most recent episodes from your subscribed podcasts. Just completely fails at everything outside of simply playing the podcasts.

Between the long load times, frequent play issues, and endless small bugs infesting this app, one is left wondering about just how difficult can building a podcast app be. Truly baffling.

I used this app everyday for hours — love podcasts. BUT for the last few weeks I can’t load anything— it takes minutes for each click to load… is this dial up?? Been using audiobooks instead and other podcast apps… disappointed!

Apple: please, please, please, implement proper playlist functionality — you know, where one can selectively add individual episodes from a variety of podcasts. Users have been asking for this for a decade. I want to sync selected podcasts casts to my Apple Watch (to play when out of range of my iPhone). Without playlists, this is an aggravatingly impossible task.

Even when I close this app, it will start up again and again.

If an episode ends, and there are more episodes in the series of which I am watching , please start the next episode in that series. Please.

Partially played episodes get marked as played. Have to search for missing episode, redownload it and find spot I left off that episode. Sooner or later an episode is going to go missing and I won’t notice. Time to switch platforms.

Fix it! Doesn’t work after the upgrade. How is this even possible to mess up so bad from the official apple podcast app?? Embarrassing

You are unable to choose what podcasts/episodes download, awful UI, and skips episodes while playing. Somehow worse than the Spotify app. And why can’t there be one music and podcasts app the same thing (like it used to be)? Stupid that we need two.

IOs 18 has forced continuous playback even though I have never selected it and it is still not selected. PLEASE fix

Honestly, not many complaints here but o do have a request. I think we need a not interested button. Sometimes, I’m just not interested in episodes of shows I follow, I would love to say not interested instead of mark as played, idk if this is how it works but basically I don’t want the numbers to show I listened when I didn’t.

I’ve tried to love this app and it continues to disappoint. There are many other podcast apps that are easier to use. This Apple Podcast App is difficult to use: can not easily organize a playlist, difficult to find podcasts that I follow, doesn’t clear “deleted” episodes from your playlist which causes the entire list to stop playing. This app is a sub par design compared to all other apps available.

It’s a mess. The thing that’s making me looking into a new app is now the time skip buttons don’t work 80% of the time

I accidentally marked a podcast as played with 100s of episodes. There’s no way to undo it, except for one at a time