Cannot play podcasts unless connected to the Internet

Hello,
I have an iPod touch running IOS v7.1. I sometimes have trouble listening to podcasts when the device is not connected to the Internet. The podcasts will appear in the list and are greyed out. This will happen to podcasts I have listened to before.
As a specific example, I have had a podcast appear greyed out in the podcast list but it was the one I was playing most recently. If I go to "now playing" it will play. If I play a different podcast then I cannot go back to this one and play it any longer.
I cannot figure out any settings or reason for any of this. I feel like I am missing something basic.
- Tom

Maybe:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5842895?tstart=0

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