Force downloads/kill streaming in Podcasts app?

I need to know that my podcasts are downloaded and available when I am not connected to the internet.
With iOS7 and the new podcasts app, is there any way to FORCE them to download and not ever try to stream? I listen to sometimes dozens of podcasts a day as a continuous play list, and tapping each one to download is really not a reasonable approach--like when you're in the car driving several hundred miles at a time, it's not safe to be clicking next, next, next to get to a podcast in the list that might have actually been downloaded to the device.
It was easy with iOS 6--download podcasts to computer when conveniently situated for wifi, sync to iOS device at leisure, listen offline....

Also would appreciate suggestions for a 3rd party podcast app that can be set to only download can sync what's been played to podcasts on the computer--I need the capacity to listen from either device.

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Can Apple please NOT force people to use the podcast app if they dont want to?
It is a horrific app.
It uses data to play the podcasts which, once downloaded should not reqiure wifi to play!
Fix it, otherwise stop forcing us to use it and allow us a choice!

They do. There's lots of podcasting apps in the store, and you can erase the podcasts app and go back to the old way of playing them with the music app. Biggest downside is that you can't download podcasts on the phone without the podcasts app, so either do it on your computer or download the app, get the podcasts and erase the app. There's a few topics on here on how to do this. Search is your friend.

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New fix for Podcasts app

Hello,
After a long period of bad problems with Podcasts app, I finally got it right.
This is a fix so simple to do that most people will do it wright first time. There is no need to call your Mac Geek friend to help you.
This fix solves all problems you have with this app, even the one that is eating up your data plan in iOS6.
This fix also works with all iOS devices on iOS 5 or iOS 6.
You must have an Macintosh computer with the latest iTunes installed in order to this fix works right. (I guess).
Here is the fix:
1) Connect your device to your Mac and make the backup ofr your device. After the backup is done, disconnect your device.
2) If you have Sync Podcasts enabled in iTunes, unenable it and hit the Sync button on the lower left side on iTunes. iTunes will not send any Podcast to your device.
3) Now, it is important to have in the iTunes (Mac) all subscriptions your devices have. If you don't have, it is the right time to do it. Subscribe to exactly same shows. We will use it again later, don't skip this step.
4) Open in your device the Podcasts app and and unsubscribe all your subscriptions.
5) Press Edit in the Podcasts app. In your iPad it is located at the upper right hand side and in your iPhone it scroll up all your show icons and the Edit button is located at the second bar from top to botton. Press the X and delete all your subscriptions.
6) Kill Music and Podcasts apps. Hit the Home button 2 times and press the X icon on the upper left side.
7) Go to iTunes in your Mac and open the list of App you have and delete the PodCasts app in the list and delete the Podcasts app in your devices.
8) Now, connect your device again and wait it sync.
9) In iTunes (Mac) click in your device on the left side of the window, and select Podcasts index on the top of the window. Click on Podcasts. Enable Sync Podcasts. Enable Automatically include all unplayed and episodes of all podcasts.
10) Press the Sync on the lower right side.
11) In your Device open the Music app, you will see Podcasts returned to work in the Music app.
12) Now you can listen to your podcasts and it keeps sync of what your are listening.
Deleting the Podcasts app was the only way to make it work right.
Hope it helps you too.

This also does not restore the ability to add podcasts to music playlists - a function that I used on a daily basis to mix spoken word audio. (Podcasts, audiobooks, MP3s) I often listen to these playlists outdoors in a cold climate and cannot unbundle myself to switch between apps. Thanks Apple, for making things more difficult!
I'm getting tired of ripping all my podcasts into AAC or MP3 in order to accomplish an operation that used to be effortless and if there is not an official fix for this by the time I receive my bonus in February, it is going toward an Android phone! (I've already purchased an S3 for my wife for Christmas to compare.)

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This topic is discussed quite a bit at this forum. Here's one example: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7014127

HT5295 How do I dump the Podcast app?

Or more specifically, how do I return to managing and playing podcasts on my phone as I did before the Podcasts app was introduced (using iTunes and the Music app)?
I've avoided using this new system until it received at least a point release, hoping this would allow me to avoid the early kinks in a new system. Last week I downloaded and installed the Podcast app, version 1.2.1. However, I have found even this version to not work by any definition. (I'll spare everyone my gripes, but the short version is that the Podcasts app simply prevents me from accessing or playing podcasts.) How do I return my system so I can use iTunes and my iPhone as I did before this app?
Many thanks to all!!

Thank you Chris, but you misunderstand my problem; I have no interest in "fixing" how the Podcasts app operates. This is because, not to put too fine a point on it, this app has too many issues to fix. The Podcasts app completely fails on my phone in every definable respect: it won't access episodes already downloaded on iTunes, won't see my "paid for" subscriptions, says there's no wifi network when the phone and other apps can see it, and deletes already downloaded content (despite settings to the contrary). And that's just the beginning of my "list of broken". These aren't inconvenient issues, learning to manage content differently or changing the settings... this app is ignoring iTunes content, ignoring its own settings and deleting what little content it chooses to download. Troubleshooting the problems at this point would take far longer than simply returning to the way that definitely worked last Friday. If I showed you my phone and how the app is operating, you would agree that this is not working at all, and not worth troubleshooting; this is take-off-and-nuke-the-entire-site-from-orbit broken.
As for the feeback link, I appreciate it, but it doesn't really help. I've been there a few times already, but if you look you'll notice there's no way to provide feeback for the actual problem: the Podcasts app. There are eight other Apple IOS apps available for feedback, but Apple seems uninterseted in hearing feedback for Podcasts. ;-)
All I am trying to do is return my (audio only) podcasts to being managed in iTunes and played back in the "Podcasts" tab on the Music app, which is exactly as it worked until last week (when I installed the Podcasts app). How can I return my system to this state, how everything worked? I will need access to my podcasts next week when I have a long drive, and installing this app has only succeeded in preventing me from listening to my podcasts.

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Hi,
I have a selection of downloaded podcasts which I subscribe to on the Podcast app on iOS running on an iPhone 4S with iOS 6.13. I have listened to the majority of the podcasts without any problems, but on the last few it is asking me to turn on mobile data to stream the podcasts even though they have already been downloaded.
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I am aware that iTunes is having some problems but I can't tell if this is associated with those since I had this same problem once back in November and it was never resolved.
I podcast on Tumblr, but I use feedburner to create enclosures on rich media entries labeled #podcast. I also make sure that the first link on the entry is a link to the mp3. This has always worked in the past, with the exception of my second podcast post on November 20th, which showed up in the Podcast app but not on iTunes. In the Podcast app, it had an image of a file on it and when clicked, a message appeared stating that it is not downloadable. Eventually, the file stopped showing up.
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My podcast in the iTunes store is: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-christmess/id581372446?mt=2
My Tumblr is: hotchristmess.com
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After reading your post, it sounds like you are experiencing an error with the Podcasts app. You may want to consider restarting the device first, and then resetting if that does not work. This article provides detailed instructions for Restarting, and Reseting:
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