Why are my Podcast speeds too slow on My iPhone 11 Pro Max?

After many searches online for help, even with my IT person from work, I couldn’t find the answer. I finally figured it out by myself. When you pull up the podcast to where it fills up the entire phone screen, look to the left of the Play 15 seconds backwards control. It will say 0.5x or 0.8x; touch it. It will bring up “Change podcast speed” and there are your options, so change it to: 1x . Now you’re ready to listen to your podcast at the correct speed.