When I click on it, it gives me an error message: “This episode can’t be played on this device”... It shows more than once on different episodes ...
Is this a podcast bug?
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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.4
It is in fact a networking issue. For instance, if you're using a VPN and the podcast server doesn't like you for any reason, such as being "out of region", or simply that you're using a VPN and they don't like that (who knows), then it can and will disconnect from your client. In my case, disabling the VPN solves the problem. However, now you're naked on the Internet. Once I've got the stream connected, I immediately reconnect VPN and I feel better.
What IMO Apple ought to fix (admittedly running Monterey OS on a 10-yr-old Mac) is, once you get the error and podcasts app displays the popup, you're stuck in an infinite loop (pardon the expression), clicking "OK" only for the app to retry the connection, bringing up the same error over and over. There's no "Cancel" option. You can't quit from the dock. You can force-quit, but c'mon guys!
My husband and I were both getting the same error on our own phones for the same podcast. This is the only thing that worked for me, opening it from the app store.
I get this same message but only on podcasts with a paid subscription (the rest is history, and various Pushkin shows). I have VPN my phone but it’s turned off. I tried restarting the phone.
Do I need to uninstall VPN?
Sorry for the late response. Thank you. I will give that a try. :8
Thanks. I tried both of these things, and re-installing Apple Podcasts, but none of them had any effect.
I DO NOT have a vpn on. Tried quitting the app and checking the settings. Checked for updates. Tried downloading the episode. Nothing works. Other episodes are available as usual.
Oh thanks do very much for this tip. I too had disabled VPN and tried all the other tips to no avail.
Yours was the winner! 🏆
Thanks!
It’s happening to me on Pushkin and I actually subscribe I turned off VPN, shut down phone and app. And still won’t work
Hi @qingyou -
I want to make sure I understand the resolution you describe. See screenshots below. Can you please confirm this is the only thing you did differently?
This didn't work for me, restarting my phone. Anyone have any suggestions? It was working, now it won't play...
Never would have thought to try that, it worked a treat, thanks for sharing
Error “This episode can’t be played on this device” when using Apple Podcast
