Import podcasts into Apple Music?

[kman42]

Now that we have Apple Music, I’m wondering if there is a way to import podcasts automatically into an Apple Music playlist. Apple pulled podcasts out of iTunes into a dedicated app for good reasons (podcasts in Spotify is terrible), but I would actually like to be able to recreate my Podcast Stations as Apple Music playlists so they are easy to play and navigate in the car. We’d lose the cross-device syncing, but I think that would be worth not having to fiddle with my phone while driving. Perhaps shortcuts or Hazel could do the job?

 

[Cal1]

Pretty sure no. Podcasts are a separate app. Not part of Apple Music. Kind of like Apple books. You can’t import an apple audio book into Apple Music E.g add them to a playlist. They are part of Apple Books though.

 

[evannole]

Yes, I would like this for audiobooks as well. It'd be much nicer to listen to them directly through the car's interface rather than having to fiddle with my phone before starting my drive.

 

[kman42]

You can definitely drag podcasts into Music and create a playlist. Not sure if you can use Shortcuts to export something from Podcasts. You might be able to put a Hazel script on a folder on a Mac to import new downloads into Music. I’m not good enough with Shortcuts or Hazel to actually do the work.