Slow performance and battery drain in Apple Podcasts on Mac, iPhone, and iPod

Is anyone else having issues with Apple Podcasts? I've noticed since 04 July 2025, the podcast app is running incredibly slow. I have this issue with my Mac, my iPhone and my iPod. On my Mac, it takes approximately 5 minutes for the app to open, 5 minutes to get to my library, 5 minutes to get to the show, 10 minutes to download the most recent episode, then the computer won't play them. On my iPhone, the same issue, 5 minutes, 5 minutes... etc. and you can practically watch the battery drain in real time, downloading two episodes in 30 minutes drained 60% of my battery. On my iPod again the 5 minutes, 5 minutes, 5 minutes... etc. then when I get into the downloaded episodes the app closes and I have to start the process all over again and it continually does the loop where it finally opens and then closes.

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Original Title: Apple Podcast issues