Cast Away fills in a gap so far left in iTunes' implementation of Podcasts. It allows for the scheduled removal of podcasts on a per podcast basis. It also features the automatic playing of podcasts.

Podcast Removal Features:

• Separate podcast removal settings per podcast subscription
• Separate settings for iTunes and iPod for each podcast
• Separate settings for long and short episodes
• Separate over-rides, including keep latest, megabyte caps, and keep unheard
• Global megabyte caps for iTunes and iPod
• Can be scheduled daily if not open, or hourly if open
• Works both with iTunes podcasts and with any playlist created by a 3rd party podcast application

Podcast Playback Features:

• Automatic new podcast episode playing with queue and last track resume
• Add unplayed podcasts to playback stack
• Flexible control of which new episodes to play, when to play them, and where to start them
• Built-in wake up and sleep timers with fading
• More frequent podcast updating than iTunes allows