# Technical Difficulties w. Jon Steward Podcast

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-difficulties-w-jon-steward-podcast/1023988>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 15, 2025, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-difficulties-w-jon-steward-podcast/1023988 "2025-10-15T09:25:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-difficulties-w-jon-steward-podcast/1023988/1 "2025-10-15T09:25:43Z")

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I subscribe to about a dozen podcasts, including _The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart_. This one, and only this one, stalls out and freezes a couple minutes in. I’m accessing it on a MacBook Air (2020, Sequoia 15.6.1) with the Apple Podcast app, which otherwise works fine. How should I troubleshoot this?

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**Author:** ![md-2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@md-2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md-2000)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-difficulties-w-jon-steward-podcast/1023988/2 "2025-10-15T12:49:53Z")

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If the browser is relying on a corrupted version of the podcast to that point already downloaded - Chrome Incognito does not use the existing browser cache, from what I find. Try running the podcast incognito. This should download a fresh copy. Of course, without saved data you may have to login also.

Safari has a “private” browsing mode which should do the same thing.

If that works, try clearing browser cache.

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**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-difficulties-w-jon-steward-podcast/1023988/3 "2025-10-15T13:10:42Z")

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I used to have issues with the native Apple podcast app. I don’t remember what the specific issues were, whether they were technical difficulties like you’re having, H\_H, or I just didn’t like the clumsy interface, so years ago I downloaded another podcast app on my iPhone called PodCruncher. A cleaner interface, and I’ve never had any technical issues with it.

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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technical-difficulties-w-jon-steward-podcast/1023988/4 "2025-10-15T13:57:26Z")

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Okay thanks, I see some options!