Q: Where is the On-The-Go station in Podcasts app in iOS9?

Totally agree. The new UI is a complete mess. A messy, ugly, overly-complicated disaster.

OK. So confusing. I'm trying to use Up Next like the old On The Go. But ..... When I add a particular episode it automatically adds other episodes of that same podcast. And ..... If I go to play something directly it asks if I want to resume Up Next or override. Even though I choose resume it changes around what I've already put in there, moving them into history, and sometimes designating them for deletion.

I can deal with the less user friendly UI, but I can't handle constantly losing track of what I've put Up Next.

Any ideas from anyone?

I'm finding Up Next as it currently stands a bit of a waste. I still think the closest (and not that close!) replacement of the old "On the Go" is a new station with settings of:

• Play [Order] to "Manual"
• Unplayed Only to On.
• Group by Podcast turned off. (This means you see individual episodes, not whole podcasts.)
• Include / Episodes / All.

You can then edit that new playlist to drag and drop in the order you want. It's still clunky, but at least it doesn't make you "lose all your work" in the way that Up Next seems to.

Somewhat to my surprise, you can also rearrange the order in this station while it's playing. For example, you start an episode in the middle of the station/playlist: "Up Next" will then just display all the items below it. But then if you go into the station and edit (which you can't do from Up Next, I think), and move the currently playing episode to the top, then the Up Next list will also change accordingly. (Odd - I don't think it did that with 9.0.0, and instead you had to stop playing and resume to "reset" Up Next; maybe I missed it, or maybe the 9.0.2 update at least improved something.)

I'm going to see if Stitcher is still in business.  This is beyond ridiculous.

Really hope Apple will do something to the Podcast app in 9.2...

Meanwhile, I am staying on iOS 8 till this is fixed or I find an alternative app to do what "On The Go" can do. As u can see, I really love the "On The Go" station...

Does anyone have any recommendations for an alternative app?

Apple please wake up. You have ruined your podcast app! Good news for alternatives i guess. Holding out hope you will fix this.

aaannnnddddd now the app keeps crashing.

Your suggestion is the closest thing I've found to the On The Go Playlist. It's a little labor intensive to set up, but looks like it should work the way I want it to.

Agree with all. I haven't updated my iPad since I discovered how bad the changes are on the podcast app for ios9 on my iPhone. Podcast app is my most-used app. What were they thinking? I'm waiting for a new ios9 version that reverts back to old podcast app functionality. I could be waiting a while. Anybody know of a non-Apple podcast app that has on-the-go like functionality?

Here are two recent reviews of podcast manager alternatives:

• Lifehacker's "The Best Podcast Manager for iPhone"
• Macworld's "Alternatives to Apple's Podcast iOS app"

I moved to Overcast a few months ago and it's been far better than the current iteration of Apple's Podcast app, but I don't really care about On-The-Go functionality - I just have a single big playlist of unplayed episodes. The Lifehacker review claims that Overcast is great at managing playlists, so you should definitely give it a try. It's free (with donations requested), so you've got nothing to lose.

Unfortunately I wouldn't hold my breath for an improvement from Apple. The powers-that-be in Apple have apparently decided that Thou Shalt Not Use Playlists for audiobooks or podcasts, alas.

Thanks Lost. Weird, don't understand what the problem is with a playlist?

Any ideas on what other app to use that has an option like "On The Go", please? I've tried several and none has it.

I listen to podcasts all the time and it's a real bummer to loose "On The Go". I wish I could downgrade to iOS 8 and have it again.

From Lost in Asia--a previous reply:  (Yes, and many of us want "On the Go" Back!!!!!!

Here are two recent reviews of podcast manager alternatives:

• Lifehacker's "The Best Podcast Manager for iPhone"
• Macworld's "Alternatives to Apple's Podcast iOS app"

I moved to Overcast a few months ago and it's been far better than the current iteration of Apple's Podcast app, but I don't really care about On-The-Go functionality - I just have a single big playlist of unplayed episodes. The Lifehacker review claims that Overcast is great at managing playlists, so you should definitely give it a try. It's free (with donations requested), so you've got nothing to lose.

Unfortunately I wouldn't hold my breath for an improvement from Apple. The powers-that-be in Apple have apparently decided that Thou Shalt Not Use Playlists for audiobooks or podcasts, alas.

The On the Go play list is located under My Podcast (bottom Menu) after u open it, tap on the settings which is located at the top on the feed. In the settings u can arrange how u want the feed to appear like from newest to oldest. Bottom right is a 3 dots which is the menu for download or add to next. Hope that helps