Podcast App 2.1.2 on Touch 5G - Lag and battery issues

Since updating to the newest version of Apple's own Podcast app, my iPod touch 5g suffers from extreme lag inside the Podcast app only (around almost 1 second for every touch event to be executed) and the battery life has decreased dramatically. Also, listening to 4 hours of audio Podcasts used up around 80% of the battery. My iPod touch is running iOS 7.1.1 and has plenty of storage space left. I have just around a dozen audio Podcast subscriptions and no video subscriptions at all.
Anyone with a similar experience?

Could you be streaming the podcasts vice playing them after downloading the file to the iPod?

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