Play episodes

Play, skip, change speed, set a sleep timer, queue up episodes and keep listening in the background.

AndroidiPhone & iPadUpdated October 6, 2026
On this page

Tap an episode to play it. A mini player stays at the bottom while you use the rest of Zaplog, and the controls appear on your lock screen and in notifications.

Tap the mini player to open Now Playing.

Controls

ControlWhat it does
Play/PauseStart or pause.
Skip Back / Skip ForwardGo back ten seconds or forward thirty.
SpeedSet the playback speed once and it's kept for every episode.
Sleep TimerStop playback after a while, or at the End of Episode.
QueueSee UP NEXT.
TranscriptRead along. See Transcripts.
Go to ShowOpen the show's page.

The queue

From an episode's More menu:

  • Play Next puts it straight after the current episode.
  • Add to Queue puts it at the end.
  • Remove from Queue.

Played episodes

Episodes you finish are marked Played. Use Mark as Played or Mark as Unplayed from the More menu to change that.