Downloaded podcast needs cellular data to play as streaming?

Recently, the podcasts app will auto-download a podcast, and the first or sometimes second time I try to play it (and am not on WiFi) it will ask:
Use Cellular Data
Would you like to temporarily turn
on Cellular Data in order to play
back this streaming episode?
I'm not sure why it's streaming...ostensibly it is downloaded and stored on my iPhone. These podcasts are set as: subscription on, auto-download all, keep last 10. I have > 1.5 GB of free space available.
Not entirely sure what's going on here.

I'm having the same problem as well on my 5S and it's only on the Tiesto Club Life podcast. Here's what works for me:
- Download episode(s)
- Start episode(s) with wifi or cellular (with cellular for podcasts turned on)
- Turn off cellular for podcasts
- Listen to podcasts as usual
I tested this by turning off cellular/wifi completely and it still plays the podcasts so I know this is not pulling from cellular. It's a pain but you only have to do this once after downloading and it looks like episodes stay playable without cellular usage.

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