App keeps playing podcasts I’m not following and don’t want to listen to.

[SylasG]

Plan

Premium Family

Country

United States

Device

iPhone XS Max

Operating System

iOS 16.3

My Question or Issue

My Spotify app keeps persistently playing this specific “Unwanted Fraternity” podcast at the end of what I’m listening to every single time one of my podcasts finishes playing.  I do not follow this podcast, I don’t subscribe to it, I never searched for it or played it intentionally.  But it keeps showing up as “Recommended Listening”, shows up in my “New Episodes” section, and plays by itself regularly.  I do not want to listen to this podcast!  But it keeps coming up as “playing recommended listening for you”.  Why?
I cannot find any method to stop this podcast from playing by itself in my app.  There’s no way to block it?

 I don’t understand why this show keeps getting forced onto me.  Someone please help?

[SylasG]

Hey @Naomib,

Thanks for keeping in touch.

Could you please give us the exact steps to reproduce the issue? We'd also need to know where you're starting the episode from. Is it from Your Episodes/ New Episodes/Home page/Podcast page? 

It's also a good idea to check if you have Autoplay turned on on your device. If you have it - try to turn it off and let us know what happens. More info on how to control Autoplay can be found here. 

We'll be on the lookout for your reply.

[Pulsecat]

I'm having the same issue. This is pretty bad, Spotify Product team. This should be fixable. It should be a P1.  Seriously guys, do some bug fixing here.