Spotify taking shows that used to be published in RSS and making them exclusives is bad for the really nice ecosystem of podcasts and podcast players that run on RSS, using just simple directories so users can add feeds by search and not only URLs. This is great for privacy (no creepy trackers, podcasts hosts only get your IP address from the download request) and for the fact that it’s not ruled by a central authority (like YouTube or Facebook) meaning creators aren’t subjected to arbitrary and sudden rule changes that may seriously damage their income. This recent article has a great explanation on this issue:
https://stratechery.com/2020/dithering-and-the-open-web/
My favorite podcast player is Overcast (iOS). I’ve also heard that Castro is good too. Hope you try one of these open players, there are many incredible podcasts that aren’t on spotify.