MAC-IPHONE SYNC ISSUES / CELLULAR DATA ISSUES

I'll try to be as succinct as possible, please help, so frustrated!
I listen to about 50 podcasts per week because I am a DJ on the side. However, I can't stop my mac from syncing with my iPhone. My MacBook Air doesn't have a tonne of space, so its really an issue when 5-10 gigs are podcasts. So:
#1: how do I stop my mac from syncing with my iPhone for podcasts. I've turned off all automatic syncs, unchecked every box, unclicked "sync over wifi" etc. Still though, it feels to sync every time. Every time I remove the podcasts from my Mac, it instantly syncs to phone, and deletes everything. I've also disabled iCloud service except for "Find My iPhone". Really frustrating resubscribing to 50 podcasts for the xth number of times.
#2: to top it all off, I thought I'd download about 5 or 6 podcasts this morning before work so I could have enough just for the day to listen to tracks while doing my day job. All of the podcasts downloaded fully and are showing blue-balled in the menu waiting to be listened to. However, at work, and none of them will play without cellular data turned on. They are already downloaded to my phone but now my iPhone wants to stream them anyway? I'm already at 700 MB of a 2 GB monthly plan and its like 6 days into my new cycle.
Overall, I'm just ******. I don't know why Apple is getting the whole podcast thing so wrong. The communication between devices is not simple to fine-tune, and it seems they want their ecosystem on at all times. I could never switch from Apple because their products are in and of themselves very high quality. But this B.S. always connect, always force sync thing is getting a little old. MAKE IT MORE INTUITIVE. That's why I fell in love with you, don't drop the ball now.
Also, are there any alternative podcast apps, alternatives in general? I don't want a PC because I'm quite comfortable with the Apple suite for music production and I have a PC for work anyway.
If anybody could help turn this frown upside down that would be greatly appreciated. I will pay you in good karma.
Ciao ciao and thanks!

Updates!
#1: just realized today at work that my podcasts stopped updating on my iPhone. Clicking on unsubscribe on my Mac halted downloads on my iPhone as well. The journey continues. Lol screw you, Apple such a great company, but refuses to make the process of unlinking its devices impossible I'll have to look through the settings again when I have a bit more time. I'm sure there's away to unsync the two devices. It's syncing even when not connected by USB, and my "sync over wi-fi" is turned off. My guess is that its syncing through my Apple ID. Yay for B.S. lol. Updates as they come.
#2: resolved. Ensure that you don't have any podcasts lagging in your download dock. This will cause the app to want to stay connected to the internet in order to play anything back. My observation at least. Solution for me was to just stop download and try again later when connected to wi-fi.
Yours truly,
James B. Moore (not my real name)

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