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I hate to say it but you might want to reconsider your stance on "anything like iTumes" there are really gread podcast specific clients out there that are lightweight, and to the point, you will also be able to download episodes for offline listening. I personally use Pocketcasts on Android. If you have an Android phone the Play Music app is already a podcast app on it's own.

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I love PocketCast on my Android Phone.

Here is their web player - https://play.pocketcasts.com/

They have download option on all the feeds.

Forgot to mention their web player. Definitely falls under not needing to download / install anything extravagant. Also shows how worthwhile Pocketcasts is in general.

I agree, there are solutions out there like the aforementioned that are easier than seeking out individual mp3s from the websites. Overcast on iOS and Pocketcasts I have both used and are good.

Pocketcasts on iOS is excellent also. I would recommend it.

I've always got a giggle out of how much nicer it is to use, and how much faster it is than the actual Apple Podcasts app.

The Apple podcasts app is absolutely atrocious, and it only got worse in iOS11 where my podcasts aren't even in chronological order. (My previous gripe was that it simply refused to download podcasts until i hit cancel/download in succession for EVERY SINGLE PODCAST that was queued up, or else wait until some random time of day when it seemingly was able to download them all. This bug has persisted for years).

Unfortunately, I also play podcasts from my phone to my Sonos. It's bad enough that my bookmarks (last listened to location) aren't available when moving between the Podcasts app and the Sonos app, so the last thing I'm going to do is get a 3rd app into the mix where I have to manage subscriptions on 2 and listen on a 3rd.

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