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RCling
Contributor I
Jan 31, 2023 12:00 AM UTC
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Sonos & Pocketcast

I’m having problems playing certain podcasts through Pocketcast. I’ve tried reconnecting several times. It’s only certain podcasts.  Is anyone else having issues? The apps that I’m referencing play fine on the Pocketcast app so  it doesn't seem to be an issue with Pocketcast. Is Sonos blocking certain podcasts because of politics or subject matter?

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Airgetlam
AirgetlamAnswer
Jan 31, 2023 8:02 PM UTC

As @castalla suggests, the issue wouldn’t be on the Sonos side. They present, via their API, whatever is handed to them by the PocketCast servers, and don’t do any filtering at all on that data. 

You probably need to touch base with the guy at PocketCasts. 

Bruce
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Airgetlam
Airgetlam
Feb 24, 2023 6:31 AM UTC

Sonos doesn’t ‘choose’ what is shown by each streaming company, that’s up to each company themselves. 

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castalla
Local Superstar
Feb 24, 2023 11:57 AM UTC

Those podcasts are listed on other podcast services via Sonos, but will not play “cannot connect to….”. All other shows play a expected.

This muddies the water even more.... Have you contacted Sonos directly about this?

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castalla
Local Superstar
Feb 24, 2023 12:42 PM UTC

I tried to play the Bongino show on a different streamer system.  It fails. 

So, maybe the actual podcast stream is in some incompatible format. 

 

I think your best option is to contact both the cumulus podcast network and sonos. 

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bcenigma
Lyricist I
Oct 28, 2023 5:53 PM UTC

Clearly this is a problem on the Sonos side. The podcasts all “show”, they just don’t play. The error says “Unable to play ‘xxx’ - Unable to connect to IHeartRadio” The system has no problem connecting to other IHeartRadio podcasts.

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    Shimmer
    Lyricist II
    Mar 18, 2024 3:17 PM UTC

    I can make Morning Wire work if I launch through the Spotify or iHeartRadio apps and select the Sonos speakers I want to use, but I cannot play directly from the Sonos app. Really annoying and I suspect some low level twerp with an agenda has deliberately blocked these shows.

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