Android: New podcast plays after a 'listened' to podcast episode finishes

[jimmycho]

i'm having the same problem now. i'm listening on android pixel 7 pro while at work. the main podcast i listen to has 218 episodes, and i finally listened to them all now. so every episode now has a "listened" tag applied to it. if i pick an episode and it finishes, it automatically plays another random podcast from someone else that the algorithm thinks i might want to hear. i just want to be able to have it keep playing "listened" episodes from the same source. is there any way to change the episodes from "listened" to not listened? podcast is "neebscast" by neebs gaming. i think the main problem is the "listened" tag being applied. i want to listen again and can't automatically, i have to manually pick every episode now, instead of it autoplaying. and when i do manually pick an episode, it starts at the end with about 5 minutes left. thanks in advance if anyone can help. ❤️

Moderator Edit: Edited title for clarity

[AdamPandora]

@jimmycho I moved your post over to the Android space.

To clarify, does this only happen at work, or at home as well?

In the meantime, I've enabled a trace on your account to help us better understand what's happening.

For this trace to be useful, we'll need you to run through our troubleshooting steps: Troubleshooting for Android Devices

Let me know if you continue to run into issues with this.

[jimmycho]

The problem is at work and at home. I'm pretty sure the app is working
fine. I just can't set each episode to "not listened." The app wants to
play the next episode that I haven't listened to, but I want it to just
start at the beginning of the list instead of switching to a different
podcast. Thanks for your time and help.

[TannerPandora]

Hi @jimmycho!

Saw your post and thought I would pop in.

Based on your description, it sounds like you may have listened to all the available episodes and would like to continue to listen to that same Podcast, but Pandora thinks you're done and is moving you to another show?

OR

When listening to an episode, instead of moving you to the next episode in the list, Pandora starts an episode on a different podcast?

Either or those sound close to your experience?

Unfortunately, there currently isn't a way to mark an episode as not listened. There is feedback for this feature in our Ideas space. Feel free to vote for this idea (by tapping the heart) if you'd like to see this feature.

If I'm totally off the mark on your experience, please let me know.

[jimmycho]

You're completely correct. Thanks I'll go vote for that feature when I get
home after work. Thank you again