How do I download Podcasts in order of oldest date first?

Question

I like to listen to Podcasts from the oldest episode to the most recent, but in spite of organising the itunes library 'oldest to newest' in the release date section, Podcasts still show the most recent episode first once synched with the iPod. As Podcasts automatically play the list from top to bottom you have to manually put every episode on. Any ideas?

Answer 1

lily50 wrote:
I like to listen to Podcasts from the oldest episode to the most recent,
Several of us Podcast fans would like to do this, but for some reason Apple doesn't appear to understand this. If playing them in release order (oldest to newest) automatically is possible (without playlists, see below), I've yet to see a post telling me how. But there is a solution - of sorts, that is to play one episode at a time without the next one starting ...
As Podcasts automatically play the list from top to bottom you have to manually put every episode on. Any ideas?
Yes, on the iPod Classic if you have *shuffle songs/albums* set to on, believe it or not, Podcasts will play one at a time then stop! You can then play episode two (for instance) and it will stop afterwards and not play episode one that you have already heard. Also, you can then play episodes out of sequence without the next one starting when you don't want it to.
SO, if Shuffle is off, when you play a Podcast (which has more than episode) the display will show (playing) 1 of X and will play all episodes until it reaches the end. But, if you go to the Settings menu and select *Shuffle Songs/Albums* , then play the same Podcast episode, the display will (should) say 1 of 1. When that episode finishes, the iPod will stop.
You can also select shuffle by pressing the select button while a song is playing and turning shuffle on here. However, note that if the iPod is not playing anything and you choose Shuffle Songs from the Main Menu and then a Podcast, the iPod will play Podcasts as 1 of X!
I've just discovered this after many months of frustration and using my old 30Gb video which only ever plays Podcasts as 1 of 1!
Another option I have seen suggested, which you may prefer or use as well as mine, is to put episodes into a playlist in the order you want to hear them. To be honest, I don''t know if this works - I've never tried it because "play 1 of 1" is my preferred method as I usually don't have enough time to listen to another Podcast.