iOS 14.5 podcast app issue

Hello, I don't have the same issue because I don't sync from itunes, however, right after upgrading to iOS 14.5 on my phone, I lost about half of the podcasts I used to follow ... maybe this is similar in a sense that they may be hidden somewhere ?

You need to form Stations of one or more Shows and listen to eps in those. Stations give you one more layer of sorting that can be different from the Show settings so you can listen to eps automatically in the sequence you choose.

The pic below shows the Podcasts app settings (left frame) at iPhone Settings>Podcasts, the Station settings (middle) and the Show settings (right). Disregard the options selected. It’s up to you to choose your permutations.

I am a podcaster too and this is hugely impacting my listening audience. My listeners are not seeing the most recent episodes and my numbers are down a lot. I am one of the top 1% of podcasts. I really hope this bug gets fixed soon. It is a big issue.

If the latest ep of a Show appears on the Apple Podcast Server Show list, but isn’t downloading to a Show you Follow in the Podcast app, it must be a Show settings issue.

The pic below shows the Podcasts app settings at iPhone Settings>Podcasts (left frame), the Station settings (middle) and the Show settings (right) that work well for me; but choose your permutations as you wish.

Incidentally, iOS 14.6 was released this morning with some needed changes to the Podcast App coding. Grab it while it’s hot!

My settings are definitely the same as yours. Here is the application general setting :

And the individual podcast setting :

It used to work perfectly, then iOS 14.5 arrived ... and iOS 14.6 has the same behavior ...

it seems like the problem of the Apple server not updating to the latest episodes is rapidly being solved. I noticed the last of the missing Sunday news programs were updated this morning and showed up on my Podcast app.

This is the first I’ve heard of the newest-to-oldest and oldest-to-newest issue before. The sorting feature seems to work fine whether in Station and Show window lists. To what window list are you referring?

Note the yellow circles in the pic below to see recently played episodes.

Hello,

I was looking for an alternate application to manage my podcasts and I found out this old article : https://www.macrumors.com/2021/04/29/users-despair-at-apple-podcasts-app-after-update/

It sums up everything (and iOS 14.6 did not change anything).

i have an issue of whenever i try to load my downloaded podcasts, or anything in that same view, such as "shows, saved, downloaded, latest episodes" it keeps trying to load info, but I just get nothing but the spinning circle. the app will eventually close itself out of just keep spinning. so annoying. i really want to love this app, but I cannot. i always have issues, ever since my first ipone, which was an iPhone 4

I would like to add this in case someone else is having this issue. I published 3 episodes of my podcast since the beginning of the month and none of them show on my podcast app. My wife and others can see 2 of them while I can’t see any. But when I use the app on my MacBook, all episodes can be found. This is very confusing and seems to only have happened once I updated my IOS on my iPhone. How is it that some are able to see the episodes it I can’t?

Thank you very much for your response and taking the time to reply! I did check all my settings and show settings but for some reason, the latest episodes are still not appearing. Episodes 15 & 16 are still missing.

My issue is that my podcasts are not refreshing. I know the podcasts are there because when I go to audible they’re listed but not on apple podcasts.

i’m tempted to just start using audible for my podcasts if I can’t refresh them in the Apple app.

I really appreciate the quick response and willingness to help. I can honestly say, this is the first positive experience I’ve had on a message/discussion board…love the Apple Community! Unfortunately, this still doesn’t work! I believe it has to do with the recent update. I’m out of ideas too but thanks again!!

Hello,

Here is something I really hate with the new app : I usually listen to podcasts from older to newer episodes, so I choose the setting accordingly on your 3rd screenshot. However, with this new version of podcast app, this setting also changes the display order of the episodes in the app.

As a consequence, for podcasts that have a long playback history, this means that the first episode you see displayed in the list of episodes is months or even years old, and you have to scroll down the list forever to see the latest episodes.

Is there something that I did wrong ? How can I just listen episodes in the correct chronological order but also, like iOS 14.4 and before, have them displayed from the newest to the older ones ?

Thanks for your ideas ;)

Same problem. Some of my podcasts are refreshing, others are not. I have yet to download ios 14.5 on my Ipad, and will not because i don't have this issue on the Ipad. It handles podcasts just fine.

Thank you for the hint, I never considered using stations before because the old way with display & playback order not identical, I preferred managing my podcasts individually (and this was perfect).

I submitted a feedback to Apple support but as usual, I don't really expect much from it.