Podcats app - logic behind 'Listen Now' sorting

[Matt T]

Can somebody please explain to me the logic behind the 'Listen Now' tab's sorting methods?

Podcasts fall into 1 of 2 categories for me:

1. Shows I listen to frequently - new episodes are typically published every week, and I will begin listening to a new episode as soon as it is published (within 24 hours at the latest).
2. Shows I listen to infrequently, usually when I have nothing else to listen to, and sometimes I skip episodes altogether because they don't particularly interest me.

Without fail, the Listen Now tab always pushes the shows I listen to infrequently to the top of my list, and I have to scroll or dig through the list to find my favourite shows - the shows I listen to regularly, every week, as soon as I can.

For example:

• The top 3 episodes in my Listen Now list are of shows I listen to infrequently. The third episode was published in December 2018.
• Today's episode of ATP - a show I listen to every week, and the very show I am still half way through listening to - is number four in this list.
• Episode 5 and 6 are also from shows I listen to infrequently. Episode 7 is another episode of a show I regularly listen to which was released today.

Is the app really just this bad or am I missing something?

Edit: damn title typo...