why wouldn’t you want all your audio entertainment in one place?
Your desire to have a product function in a specific way does not magically reprogram the product to meet your expectation. This is a classic IT end-user issue.
Here is program X, which does Y
I want the program to do Z and will attempt to use it for that purpose despite the developer warning not to do that thing
Spotify podcasts are not sleep aides. They’re going to enforce it if you don’t get the hint.