ensure the playlist sorts by the same sorting as the downloads
Right now, I have automatic downloads set to pull the oldest first. I have playlists set to add to the bottom. In theory, I should get older episodes first. The problem is when I get extremely long podcasts (i.e. George Carlin's Hardcore History). Even though it starts to download the oldest episode first, a newer episode will often finish first and be added to the bottom of the playlist. Episodic podcasts suffer in this regard because I end up hearing a newer episode before the prequel episode.
The app downlaods 1 episode at a time. Therefore episodes will be added to the playlist following the download order if you enabled automatic playlist for downloaded episodes.
By default the playlist has no sorting (manual mode) in which case you can choose if new episodes are added below the current one or at the top or bottom of the playlist.
If you prefer you can sort the playlist by publication date using the sort button. Please send me an email if you have any question (Settings/feedback)
Thanks