Audio stops when the next episode starts??

Perplexing. I'll be listening along in my playlist. One episode ends and the next one starts, but the sound stops. It's still running, the time counters are running, just no sound. Mostly I have to stop it, wait for an indeterminate time, and then it will work again. Sometimes I can get it to start again by switching to another podcast, and then back, but not always.

Does anyone have any idea what I can do to stop this annoying behavior?

Thanks