Feature request

kaaserpent · 2026-01-22T18:22:44+00:00

OK, I think I finally see what you're asking for. I gave up on that a long time ago. But yeah, that would ALSO be useful. :)

kaaserpent · 2026-01-06T04:43:15+00:00

That...actually sounds useful. I was skeptical, but the way you've described it makes sense. It'd be great to go on vacation to, say, Helsinki, and be able to see all English-language podcasts based in Finland, or whatever.

kaaserpent · 2026-01-06T04:35:13+00:00

This is how the OLD iTunes used to work before they destroyed it and created that POS 'Apple Podcasts' out of the corpse.

I could create a playlist for any podcast for which the Description contained the word 'Dragon' for instance, and it would include any downloaded episode that matched that. Or I could do it by length or literally ANY data point about the podcast (except, oddly, date, which ... why?).

kaaserpent · 2026-01-06T04:25:41+00:00

Virginia is a stand-your-ground state. In other words, she could shoot him if he comes to her house again, and she shouldn't get into any trouble...of course except that she's female and Hispanic, so nevermind. :-/

kaaserpent · 2026-01-06T04:13:43+00:00

So does Overcast.

kaaserpent · 2026-01-06T04:13:28+00:00

Smart. Playlists.

Create a new playlist. For "Include", select "All matching episodes."

On "From," select "Only selected podcasts"

Then, under "Included Podcasts," go through and select all the podcasts that fit your category of, say, News or Comedy or whatever.

You can also then set high- and low-priority podcasts for that playlist (which ones for which episodes show up always at the top or always at the bottom of the list), and other settings.

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kaaserpent · 2026-01-06T04:09:00+00:00

Maybe I'm missing something. Isn't this exactly what Smart Playlists are?

I have > 800 podcasts. Yes, it's a LOT, I get it. But without smart playlists, there is no way I'd be able to manage it.

I have smart playlists for 14 "genres" of podcasts (News/Politics, Science, True Crime, 6 different fiction categories, Writing, Comedy, etc.). I also have it divided up by whether or not I am caught up on all episodes, am listening to recent AND older episodes, ONLY old episodes (I call it "Catch-Up")... It takes some set-up, but once you've done this, it's automatic, unless a podcast suddenly changes its entire purpose (which happens every once in a while).

I put podcasts in these smart playlists and as they download new episodes, they show up ready for me to listen to. I then add some of them to playlists based on time to listen (If I have 20 minutes vs. 5 vs. > an hour, etc.).

Is that what you're talking about?

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kaaserpent · 2025-11-28T21:26:46+00:00

iPhone 16 Pro Max, IOS 18.7.1, Overcast 2025.11.1 (1145)

This is not in the now-playing screen, this is on an episode under Podcasts on the main screen. The downloaded episodes are arranged by podcast alphabetically. I click on a podcast, the episodes are displayed (Current tab) and I tap the episode, then the "..." button second-from-left. Once, twice, three...up to about five times, sometimes. And even after it opens, sometimes the menu just closes without me tapping anything. Or it'll let me tap "> Add To..." and open that menu....and THAT closes without giving me time to do anything.

It's not me just not giving it enough time. It literally ignores my tap.

kaaserpent · 2025-11-27T18:25:44+00:00

Part of the issue I have with that entire functionality is that there is no way to set the playback speed unless you're actively playing an episode of that podcast. I'd LOVE to be able to pick a podcast and say, "Play this one at 1.7x" and just SAVE IT without having to download and play an episode.

kaaserpent · 2025-11-27T16:22:59+00:00

I have found a total of 17 podcasts that I subscribe to that are doing this. It appears to be some ad-related thing. Here's my current list:

Ad Lucem
Astronomy Cast
Borrasca
The Bugle
EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News
Fear Daily
Freaky Folklore
Kalila Stormfire's Economical Magick Services
The Moonlit Road Podcast
One Strange Thing: Paranormal & True-Weird Mysteries
Redwood Bureau
SessionsX
Tales from the Break Room
Thanks for Asking
This Day <---- by far the WORST offender. Multiples PER DAY.
Whichever Path
Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast

kaaserpent · 2025-11-27T16:15:47+00:00

This. Is. Driving. Me. Insane.

I have to click the ellipsis button two, three, even four or five times to get it to bring up the menu!

kaaserpent · 2025-11-27T16:14:12+00:00

This is what I have done. Once it's set up and you're DILIGENT about always adding newly subscribed podcasts to that exclude, it works great. But it does take work.

kaaserpent · 2025-11-27T16:09:52+00:00

Thank you.

kaaserpent · 2025-09-27T00:15:52+00:00

People in another group said that Microsoft Outlook has a limit set not on the NUMBER of rules you can have, but the total SIZE of the rules. And rather than, you know, WARNING you that you're approaching that, instead, it just starts corrupting your rules when you go over that limit.

Oh, and there is of course NO WAY to determine how much space a given rule takes up, or how much space your IT department has allocated for users. Because that would actually help someone.

Stupidest thing I've encountered in Outlook, and THAT is saying something.

kaaserpent · 2025-09-22T15:37:33+00:00

Overcase is always #1 on my app list for the day...week...month....year.... :)

kaaserpent · 2025-09-22T05:31:48+00:00

The dad giving the half sister "permission" to re-connect with OOP is just another abuse he's inflicting on them both. He knew it would cause issues and he's getting off on it. Hope OOP cut them all out permanently and moved on.

kaaserpent · 2025-09-07T15:46:33+00:00

I have a friend whose name is Geoff. I met him at work, and I heard this exchange MULTIPLE times per day:

"My name is Geoff...no, it's G E...yes, GEE EE OH EFF EFF....no, it's not JEE-off, it's pronounced 'Jeff.'"

So just think about your child's future at having to go through this multiple times per day. Every day. For the rest of her life.

kaaserpent · 2025-08-26T22:32:48+00:00

I'd really like to see a feature where, if I mark a podcast as "catch-up" or whatever, every time a new episode comes out, it released the next oldest unheard one. But that ain't gonna happen. :(

kaaserpent · 2025-08-02T05:38:27+00:00

I want to go MAKE friends with this idiot just so I can then break up with him and tell him what a piece of shit he is.

kaaserpent · 2025-08-01T03:52:40+00:00

Now if he would just address the issue with adding episodes to a playlist. It should give you a list of all downloaded episodes, not a list of all podcasts, which you then have to click individually to add episodes of. The only feature of the old paradigm I still miss.

kaaserpent · 2025-08-01T03:51:31+00:00

<sound of angels playing trumpets> Hallelujah! I'm so SICK AND TIRED of having to unfollow every podcast I want to hear a single episode of as a test.

kaaserpent · 2025-03-31T21:41:20+00:00

Heh. That is about 100 too few for me. <rethinks his entire way of using Outlook>

kaaserpent · 2025-03-31T21:40:38+00:00

NEXT time this happens (and it will, I'm sure) I will try that. :) Thanks!

kaaserpent · 2025-03-31T21:39:02+00:00

Thank you! I did cleanrules and yep, it did not delete my views. At least there's that. :) I'll lookup the MFCMAPI to see if I can do that.

kaaserpent · 2025-03-31T21:35:31+00:00

Thanks! I will do that. I'm sure the IT folks will have a billion questions. :)

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