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Open Library, then tap Import. It is also in Settings, under Import from Another App.

Coming from Spotify? Tap Export from Spotify. Spotify has no export of its own, so we built one. It hands the app your shows in one go.

Coming from any other app? Tap Choose a File and pick the OPML file your old player exported. In Overcast that is Settings, then Export OPML (extended).

When you finish an episode, you can set a delay before it removes itself. Episodes can be removed manually, automatically when you finish playing them, or after a day or two.

To change it: Settings, then Downloads and Storage, then Remove played downloads. It also decides when the downloaded file goes, which is why it sits under Downloads.

For one show only: open the show, tap the gear, and set Remove played downloads there. A show’s own choice beats the one in Settings.

Every episode row has a cloud on the right, and the cloud tells you where the audio is. Tap an empty one to download that episode. Tap a full one and Parasocial offers to remove the file.

Library, then Downloads. Every file on the device, newest first, with the total size at the top.

To remove one: tap its filled cloud and confirm, swipe the row on that page, or use Remove Download in the episode’s ... menu. The episode stays and streams when you play it.

To download automatically: Settings, Downloads and Storage, Download new episodes. Any show or playlist can override it. A playlist has Download All Episodes.

Start playing anything, then tap the waveform in the player. Everything below is on that sheet, and it applies to the episode you are on.

Trim Gaps shortens the quiet stretches. Studio Sound lifts speech clarity without raising the peaks. Playback speed runs from half to triple.

To skip an intro or an outro: on the same sheet, under Beginning and end, set how many seconds to cut at each end. Set it on the show through the gear on its page and every episode skips them.

To set it once for everything: Settings, Playback. An episode beats a show, a show beats a playlist, and a playlist beats those defaults. A Use Inherited Settings button clears any override.

What is the difference between a Collection and a playlist? A playlist is private and empties as you listen. A Collection is public and keeps everything in it.

To make one: open the Curate tab, tap New Collection, and choose a Collection of shows or a Collection of episodes. Publishing needs a username, which you claim in Settings under Profile. Nothing you listen to is published.

A Collection can be shows or episodes. A Collection of shows carries the shows. Whoever opens it sees each one’s latest. A Collection of episodes carries the exact episodes you chose, in your order. The shows they came from are listed underneath. A Collection never changes kind.

To add to one: open it from the Curate tab. A Collection of shows has Add Shows above its show list. The same list is under Edit Collection. A Collection of episodes grows from its episodes instead. Add one from the episode’s own menu with Add to Collection. Its show joins the list below on its own. The badge on the cover says which kind you are looking at: a grid for shows, a numbered list for episodes.

To share it: a listed Collection sits on your public page for anyone to find. An unlisted one is a link you send, and needs no username. Either can be embedded.

Our little way of celebrating the small successes in life, like listening to a hundred episodes of your favorite podcaster. Open Library, then Superlatives. Each one is a card you can share.

They come from listening you actually did, so marking a back catalog played never earns one.