How to Create a podcast playlist

Get started

The home screen of Overcast displays all your podcast subscriptions. To create a new playlist, tap the icon that’s second from the right at the top of the screen – the one that looks like a page with a plus sign in its top-left corner.

What’s in a name?

This button takes you to the Create Playlist screen. Give your playlist a title, choose how you want episodes in it to be sorted, then tap the Add Podcasts row to choose which podcasts will be included in your new playlist.

Add podcasts

Scroll through the list and select podcasts. Or, tap Exclude and select the podcasts you don’t want to make it onto your playlist – this may be the quicker option if you want to include lots of different podcasts rather than just one or two.

Additional episodes

You can add individual episodes without adding the associated podcast. Simply tap Additional Episodes and choose which you want to include. This is useful if an unrelated podcast produces an episode relevant to your playlist.

Refine your selection

Your playlist is now populated with your chosen podcasts and episodes; new episodes are added automatically as they are published. You can remove episodes by tapping Excluded Episodes and picking which ones to leave out.

Change play order

You can display episodes chronologically, or tap Edit and drag them into your desired play order. To choose shows that should play first, tap Select Priority Podcasts, select the shows and the most important ones are automatically put at the top.