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Podcasts on iPhone but don't display

I've got an iPhone 3G running iOS 4.2.1 and use iTunes 10.1.0.54. There's one particular podcast (the Clark Howard show) that I subscribe to that downloads and syncs to my iPhone, but it doesn't show up under the Podcasts section of the iPod part of the iPhone. Other podcasts show up on the phone and play normally. Here's the weird part: In iTunes, when my phone is connected, it shows the "missing" podcast under the Podcasts section beneath my phone. I can navigate to it in iTunes and even play the Podcast via iTunes from the file that is on my phone. But, I can't play the file when the phone is disconnected from iTunes.

I've unsubscribed and deleted the podcast from iTunes, synced so that it would be removed from the phone, and then re-subscribed & synced again. I get the same behavior. Can anyone help?

iPhone 3G, iOS 4

Posted on Dec 6, 2010 12:13 PM

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srfsde Author

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Jan 13, 2011 9:02 AM in response to srfsde

The "Clean" tag prevents podcasts from being synced properly. Podcasts with the clean tag do not sync. Podcast producers should remove the following from the XML related to the podcast:

<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>

Jan 27, 2011 10:02 PM in response to srfsde

Just to report that the Marathon Talk podcast producers also removed the clean tag and that fixed the problem for me (thanks guys!).

I wonder whether the new iTunes 10.1.2 update released today will help?

Jan 28, 2011 7:08 AM in response to Linda Barwick

I can also report that the producers of the Cricket and Seagull Fireside Chat podcast removed the "Clean" tag from their podcasts and now their podcasts sync normally for me.

timfnb

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May 17, 2011 6:55 PM in response to srfsde

I had exactly this same problem -- podcasts would sync, I could see them on ipod thru itunes and if i searched for them on my ipod, i could see them but they wouldn't play and wouldn't show up in the podcast list. But it was only those podcasts that were labeled "clean". Bummer. I solved it by turning on "explicit" under the restrictions settings on my ipod touch (2nd gen). No I can play "clean" podcasts!! Yea!

qashouri

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Nov 5, 2011 10:32 PM in response to srfsde

Hi guys,

I had the same problem, and it drove me crazy! Then when one of the guys notice that all the podcast shows only on the search... I did that and yap it works, and found out that my podcast are not under the ipod or Music anymore it's under the Videos app! and that explain why only audio podcast were showing!

I hope that will help

Dec 7, 2011 7:40 PM in response to srfsde

Hey guys - here's one more thing to try. If you have a security profile installed on your iPhone from your employer, it may be restricting explicit content. All podcasts, songs, movies, etc marked explicit will appear to sync from iTunes, but will NOT show up on the device. You can check by going into settings, general and scroll down to the bottom.

I had a test profile installed from an employer and it was blocking all explicit podcasts. I removed the profile and everything worked again.

Hope this helps somebody.

Jun 14, 2013 2:30 AM in response to Rich Kotter

I"m having the same issues. Haven't figured out the "why" or "how" let alone how to fix.

Feb 19, 2014 4:41 AM in response to srfsde

Well, I just deleted the Podcast App and then reinstalled it on iTunes and all the podcasts that were syncing and not showing up appeared. So, you might want to just delete the app and reinstall it.

Podcasts on iPhone but don't display