Podcast crashes when opening Apple Arcade Slay the Spire

I like to play games while listening to podcasts. Whenever I open the game “slay the spire” on Apple Arcade, my podcast stops. If I click my AirPods to “play”, it starts up music, which is not what I want. I have to open the podcast app, wait for my current selection to appear, and then tap play. I also have noticed that the game will restart if I switch between other apps, so I constantly need to restart the podcast I’m listening to.

I have my game settings to no sound, but the Apple Arcade audio always plays anyway, and I wonder if that is causing the problem.

I don’t play other games at the moment, so I’m not sure if it is just this game or not.