LAist

I listen to the various shows as podcasts and before it was easy to see which ones I missed and need to catch up on. Now? No clue which I have already played. And clunky looking listings of shows. List should show dates / title and THEN more info if touched upon.

would prefer to see the date of each episode listed, as was done previously. also, several links are not loading.

Most of the podcasts do not load. They used to before the newest version was released.

It’s no surprise that LAist waited until just after a big fundraiser to turn the best public radio app I’d seen into crippleware. I wonder how many donors feel suckered. On top of that: I don’t know if Science Friday has cut down to two days a week of programming, but you’ve cut down to only offering the Thursday and Friday episodes. If this was your decision, put it back! If this was *not* your decision, perhaps you should put up some sort of disclaimer so that you don’t earn the scorn of SciFri fans like me!

I cannot easily play the shows that are listed below the live radio option. I really don’t like this new version. I’m using other apps instead. Very disappointed.

The app is user’s friendly

It takes forever to find my favorite shows, some don’t download properly and they don’t pickup where you left off. Useful articles but what I’m interested in most is listening. And this is supposed to be audio! I’ve got the NY Times if I want to read. So, sorry to say but this is not an improvement.

…doesn’t mean you should. The “New and improved” app just isn’t. I’ve lost my favorites and can’t see the schedule. The sleep timer only works for live casts and there isn’t any dark-mode (that I can find). I’m a monthly subscriber (for years), and have been disappointed with each app “update” as features have been removed and usability has declined. 🫤

The app tends to drop quite frequently! Sometimes it comes right back up but other times I have to go back to the app and restart it. My iPhone is the latest and I have a good carrier with great coverage but that is obviously not the problem!

This is why you don’t listen to developers. Why would you release a new update coming in to December a lightly staffed month? The bugs on the update are horrendous - shows don’t load, playback is wonky, list of shows is incomplete.