Favorite/ Recent Listened Podcasts Section Missing from App Homescreen (Android ver. 8.6.82.1113)

[Jamón]

Hello,

Travel a lot in the car for work and so listen to a lot of podcasts.  On Monday (8/1/2022, I believe) my favorite/ recently listened podcasts section disappeared from the top of my Android app homescreen.  My top 6 or 8 podcasts and my current episodes that I was listening to are now missing and I have to search for the podcast, dig through hundreds of episodes, and hopefully find the place where I was just listening the night before.  This is a MAJOR issue for me and I cant find any setting within the app to bring them back.  Now all I have is "Recently played" which only consists of the last 12 songs I searched and listened to.

Anyone else have this problem?  Could this be related to a recent update?  I checked my app and I am using Android ver. 8.6.82.1113