This was my first thought as well, my vivoactive 3 music supports Spotify which has decent podcast support and has really good battery life. The only potential

This was my first thought as well, my vivoactive 3 music supports Spotify which has decent podcast support and has really good battery life. The only potential downside is the high jaccard similarity between people who want a dedicated music player and people who want a headphone jack, which the watches lack.