Overcast Only Plays One Episode at a Time

I realize that this may not be appropriate to this forum but if someone else knows the answer to my problem, I would be most appreciative to have it solved. Failing that, redirect me to a more appropriate category.

I have iOS18 and Overcast 2024.11.2 – 15.8MB. The usual sequence of events is that a bunch of podcasts that I follow get downloaded into the All Episodes playlist where, if I begin playing the top episode in the lineup, it will finish, and then the next one starts automatically until the entire lineup has been played. Now, out of nowhere, and for no good discernible reason, the top one plays and then – that’s it! No more automatic beginning of the next one. Now you have to take your phone out and manually start each one. A major pain to be sure and all the more so since I live in the Yukon Territory where it can be dangerous to take your mitts off to fiddle with the phone. Is there a fix for my dilemma? Thanks