Absoltuely. Definitely depends on what you’re listening to. Gotta be able to adjust per podcast.

That’s a decent solution, but unfortunately doesn’t have handy podcast app features like silence trimming, voice boosting, etc. Great suggestion though!

This is super helpful, thanks so much

Any tips on jumping in? Recommended services, etc

Any tips on where you source the torrents from? Also looking into Usenet as well

That works. F-Droid is an alternative to the Play store. You can also download the .apk directly instead if you prefer. Just scroll down to the versions and find the most recent.