Search API by show does not returning correct podcast

[dranreb]

When using the Search API by type show, the result does not contain the podcast that was searched for in certain cases. The search API does not seem to perform a strict search in contrary to the internal API used on the Spotify search page.

For example:

"Dr. Why Podcast"

When searching here: https://open.spotify.com/search/Dr.%20Why%20Podcast/podcastAndEpisodes its the first match in the results. It seems to use this private API:

https://api-partner.spotify.com/pathfinder/v2/query

operationName: "searchPodcasts"

However when using the public Search API, above podcast is not returned in the result. I have observed the same issue with other podcasts as well when using the Search API vs the the Spotify search page.

It looks like the search page's internal API uses a exact search match, while the Spotify Search API uses a loose search on the search criteria. 

Is there any way using the public APIs to get the same results as the Spotify search page? Is it possible to search using a strict/exact search on the query string? 

I tried using quotes such as "'Dr. Why Podcast'", however results are similar.

Thanks in advance