lazarus0000

There's a cost to everything

There is always a cost

Doesn't PocketCasts offer that functionality? Download to a specific folder? Not sure what format it downloads in, and it's not searchable by name - the episodes have alphanumeric names, not standard English like "This American Life, Ep 724"

All this is from ages ago and may have changed but IIRC, you specify download folder at least in PocketCasts.

Good advice. If you have to travel with electronics (and who doesn't these days?) the best solution is burner devices. A phone that is just a phone, a laptop that is cheap, gets the job done and can be trashed when home or, better yet for most people, a cheap Chromebook that is not logged in. Even if you've nothing to hide, suspicious people can find something they just don't like the looks of...