Podcast app disappeared in iOS 8 on iPhone 5

Since I've updated to iOS 8 (now iOS 8.1) the Apple Podcast app have disappeared. It cannot be found or downloaded from Appstore on my iPhone 5. I'have tried installing it from iTunes on my MacBook, but that doesn't work either. How do get Apple Podcast back on my iPhone 5?

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5. Turn off and then back on your iPhone.
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I'm not affiliated w/ the developer, just a happy user that gave up fighting the apple podcast app a while ago. I used to have a bunch of smart playlists in itunes for my podcasts, and come home every day and pathologically synced my phone as soon as I walked in the door, and again before I walked out the door in the morning.
Since my wife was doing this too, we were fighting over who's turn it was to sync their phone.
Since I've switched to Downcast, I no longer worry about syncing my phone to itunes at all. I can go weeks between syncs.
Setup a "playlist" in downcast (ex., "Commute") and add podcasts to that playlist. Add another playlist ("walk" or "workout") and add different podcasts to that one.
Set podcast priorities on a per-feed basis (ex., high priority for some daily news feeds, medium priority for some favorite podcasts, lower priority for other stuff). Downcast will play the things in the priority you specify, and within that priority, it will play in date order (oldest to newest).
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