'Download podcasts on computer? - How can we download podcasts on the computer to listen to it offline (just like any song)? We can't add them to playlists either.'

'Download function for Podcasts for offline listening - Hi Spotify team, I find it weird that we can download podcasts on the Spotify Mobile App but not on the Spotify software on desktop. Can you please add this function to the desktop software the soonest possible please. I would like to be able to download podcasts on the desktop software as well please. Thank you.'

Actually this is weird since people could download Spotify podcasts on their mobile phone but have no way to download Spotify podcasts on computer for offline listening. Spotify currently has not provided a timing solution to this as well. So can you download Spotify podcasts on computer without Premium plan? Well, this guide would show you that the answer is exactly yes. And it will even show you how to download Spotify podcasts on computer so as to let you listen to Spotify music without Premium plan.

1. Click “Open Files”. This will open a browsing window to select a podcast files on your computer. When the file is successfully uploaded the file name will appear next to this button. You can also opt to upload a file stored on Google Drive or Dropbox by clicking the corresponding icon to the right.
2. If you get Spotify podcast MP3 download, let's see what benefits you can gain. Spotify Ogg Vorbis files are under protection, you can only open the Spotify app to play podcasts. Besides, not all players and devices can recognize the Ogg Vorbis format. By contrast with it, MP3 is more common as it is compatible with almost all portable players.

And if you want to download Spotify podcast to PC, you can refer to how to download podcast from Spotify to PC without Premium. Step 2 Add Spotify Podcast Click '+' icon or 'Click Here to Add Audio', then an adding window will pop up to indicate you adding Spotify tracks, playlists or podcasts. Install a podcast manager. If you want to listen to podcasts offline, you'll need to download a third-party client to convert URLs into MP3 files. Though there are tons of free cross-platform options, managers such as Juice, gPodder, and Zune all come highly recommended. Another great option is iTunes. Spotify is also one of the best places to discover some good podcasts. You can download your favorite podcast on your mobile phone or tablets and listen to them offline and on the go.

Part 1: Introduction to Spotify Podcast

As known to all, Spotify is an online, free music streaming service platform that offers millions of music, podcasts and videos from artists all over the world. People could listen to various kinds of music and podcasts on Spotify, even they are Free plan users. Also, people could browse and search for certain podcasts on Spotify for listening.

Spotify has been available on various devices including Microsoft Windows computer, Mac computer, Android smartphones and tablets, iOS devices (iPhone, iPad and iPod), and other devices. On these devices, Spotify has enabled people to freely listen to and download podcasts for offline listening. However, on desktop, Spotify has not enabled podcasts downloading without upgrading to Premium plan.

The below content would show you how to download Spotify podcasts on desktop with and without Premium plan.

Part 2: How to Download Spotify Podcasts with Spotify Premium

As mentioned above, we have learned that we can actually download Spotify podcasts on our mobile devices like iPhone and iPad. Firstly, let’s take a look at how to download Spotify podcasts with Premium on your mobile phones and tablets.

Note: this is applicable to mobile devices only and it requires you to upgrade to the Premium plan, which costs you $9.99 per month.

1. On your mobile phone, open the Spotify app.

2. Select a podcast episode to download and then to the right of it tap the 3 horizontal dots icon on iPhone/vertical dots icon on Android.

3. Top Download option and then the podcast episode will be automatically saved to Your Library.

4. You will know whether the downloading completes or not by viewing the downloaded symbol.

Now, whenever you’re not connected to the internet, or when your app is in offline mode, you can listen to this podcast episode in the app. Make sure that your device is WiFi connected.

Part 3: How to Download Spotify Podcast with Leawo Prof. DRM

Spotify has provided effective solutions for Premium users to download Spotify podcasts on mobile devices, but no direct solution for people to download Spotify podcasts on desktop, even people upgrade to the Premium plan. However, don’t get failed. Leawo has solution for you.

The solution is Leawo’s Prof. DRM, a professional yet easy to use Spotify downloader program for you. It could help you remove the DRM protection upon not only Spotify songs and then download and convert Spotify music to MP3, AAC, M4A, etc., but Spotify podcasts as well. You could even set the output podcasts’ audio channel, bit rate, and sample rate to guarantee the audio quality. What’s more, Leawo Prof. DRM doesn’t require you to upgrade to Premium plan to download Spotify podcasts.

Download and install Leawo Prof. DRM on your computer. And then follow the below steps to learn how to download Spotify podcasts without Premium.

Note: Make sure you have installed Spotify on computer and Internet connection is well established before you start to download Spotify songs with Leawo Prof. DRM.

Step 1: Add Spotify music to Prof. DRM

Launch Leawo Prof. DRM and it will automatically help you launch Spotify app (or relaunch it even you’ve already launched Spotify). Then directly drag and drop podcasts from Spotify desktop software on your computer to Leawo Prof. DRM.

Step 2: Set output format and audio parameters

Then click the pencil icon in each loaded Spotify music title to set output format and audio parameters. Choose output audio format and change the Channel, Sample rate, and Bit rate respectively. You could choose audio format including MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, etc. as you like. Click either 'Apply to All' or 'Apply to current' button to save these settings. 'Apply to All' is recommended for time saving.

Step 3: Set output directory

Then, move mouse to the bottom to set output directory in the “Output”. Make sure the target drive has enough space.

Step 4: Start to download and convert Spotify music

Now you could start to download and convert Spotify podcasts by clicking the blue “Convert” button at the bottom right corner

The DRM removal would happen in the background. When the downloading finishes, you could view all downloaded Spotify songs under the “Converted” tab. With Spotify songs downloaded, you could now transfer downloaded Spotify music to iOS with iTunes or iOS data transfer apps likeLeawo iTransfer, or directly copy and paste downloaded Spotify podcasts to Android devices for unlimited offline listening.

Part 4:How to Record Spotify Podcast with Leawo Music Recorder for Downloading

Alternatively, you could also use another Spotify podcast downloader tool to download Spotify podcast on computer. That’s Leawo Music Recorder, an easy-to-use audio recorder that could record any computer and built-in audio and then save into MP3 or WAV files as you like. As an online audio recorder, Leawo Music Recorder could record and download online audio to MP3file in simple clicks. Performing as Spotify podcast downloader, it could record and download Spotify podcast to local drive in MP3 or WAV format as well. Different from Leawo Prof. DRM, Leawo Music Recorder could help you automatically download and add music tags like artist, album, cover, etc. to downloaded Spotify songs. Also, it enables you to edit these music tags manually.

Download and install Leawo Music Recorder on your computer. Do as the following steps to learn how to record and download Spotify podcast without Premium.

Step 1: Set audio source

After launching Leawo Music Recorder, click on the tiny microphone icon on the bottom left corner, and then choose 'Record Computer Audio' option on the “Audio Source” window.

Step 2: Set output directory

Can You Download Podcasts On Spotify On Computer App

Set output directory on the 'General' tab. Open the “Output” box to do this.

Step 3: Set output format

Thirdly, open the 'Format' tab to choose output format from MP3 audio and WAV audio according to your MP3 player. Adjust the audio bit rate and sample rate of output recording file if need be.

Step 4: Start to record and download Spotify songs

With all settings done, return to the main interface and then click the red 'Start' button. Then, play back Spotify podcasts on your Spotify app (either desktop app or web player. Just keep other source silent). This music recorder software would start to record automatically. You could view the recording process.

Note: It’s important to press the red recording button before you play back Spotify podcast. This will help you record a complete Spotify song. Meanwhile, make sure there is no other sound on your computer.

Leawo Music Recorder could perform as an excellent online audio recorder to help you record and download online sound with ease, as well as built-in audio recorder to record any sound out of your computer. With Leawo Music Recorder, you could record almost all sound your computer could capture into MP3 or WAV file for other uses. If you are using a Mac computer, you could turn to Leawo Music Recorder for Mac.

Part 5: Premium vs. Leawo Prof. DRM vs. Leawo Music Recorder.

Among these 3 methods for downloading Spotify podcasts, which one is the best? We could see clearly that Premium plan only allows you to download Spotify podcasts on mobile devices. It won't work if you are going to download Spotify podcasts on computer. Then, what are the advantages and disadvantages of the other 2 Spotify podcast downloader tools? We have made a comparison chart for you. Just check them below and get the points you need.

To sum up, Spotify Premium only allows you to download Spotify podcasts on mobile devices and actually it only downloads Spotify podcasts to Spotify itself. You can’t transfer the downloaded Spotify podcasts to other places for other uses like sending to friends or sharing online. However, Leawo Prof. DRM and Music Recorder could download Spotify podcasts to computer as local file for either unlimited offline playback, sending to friend, editing with audio editor, sharing online, etc. Leawo Prof. DRM directly downloads and converts Spotify music and podcasts to local drive via decoding and encoding, while Leawo Music Recorder downloads Spotify music and podcasts via recording. They adopt 2 different downloading methods, which results in difference in downloading speed. Leawo Prof. DRM requires much more less time than Leawo Music Recorder does.

You can download podcasts on mobile and tablet with either free or premium account, but you can't download podcasts in the desktop app, even you have premium account. Podcasts you downloaded to mobile and tablet can't be transfered to desktop, them many people ask is it possible to offline access podcasts on desktop? The answer is yes. Here we will show you an easy way to download podcasts on desktop. All you need is Ondesoft Spotify Converter.

How to download Spotify podcast on desktop with Ondesoft Spotify Converter?

Ondesoft Spotify Converter downloads Spotify podcasts to MP3 so you can play the podcasts anywhere you want. You don't need to go online at least once every 30 days to keep your music and podcasts downloaded.

To download Spotify podcast on desktop, please make sure you have installed Spotify app on your computer.

1. Run Ondesoft Spotify Converter

Download, install and run Ondesoft Spotify to MP3 Converter on your Mac or Windows. Spotify will be launched automatically.

2. Drag&drop podcasts

Drag&drop the podcasts from Spotify app to the interface directly. Or click 'Add Files', copy&paste the link of the podcast to the bottom area and then click + icon.

All podcasts in the playlist will be checked by default. You are free to uncheck the podcasts you don't want to convert. Then click Add to import all checked podcasts.

3. Choose output format (optional)

The default output format is MP3. Besides converting Spotify podcasts to MP3, it also supports converting Spotify podcasts to M4A, WAV, FLAC, OGG, AIFF. Click Option - Advanced to change output format, SampleRate or BitRate according to your needs. Click Option - General to change output folder if you like.

4. Click Convert button

If you don't need to change output settings, just skip to this step. Click Convert button to start downloading podcasts to MP3.

After conversion, click below folder icon to quickly locate the DRM-free podcastss. You can now listen to the podcasts anywhere you want without internet connection.

Video Tutorial: Convert Spotify music to MP3 with Ondesoft Spotify Music Converter

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