Add a secondary queue for any podcasts reviewed when you put a timer
I have a terrible habit of falling asleep when I put the timer on (love this feature). But ill often fall asleep before the timer is off. Often times I will not recall which podcast I was listening to or missed while asleep. If there was a queue for the automatic cleanout option that the episodes enter a "24 hour hold" queue before moving to the "read" episodes or somewhere to be deleted so I can go in this queue and readd to playlist. Another option of the same utility would be enabling us to sort the "read episodes" by the chronological order we reviewed the episode.
If your episodes are downloaded, then you can enable the Trash (Settings/Automatic cleaning/Trash)
Every episode automatically deleted by the app will then be moved to the trash for a short period of time. After waking up you can then open the trash (navigation sidebar) to restore deleted episodes before they are definitely deleted by the app