If you like the sound of white noise or rain, there is a nice built-in feature that makes it available as additional background music even when listening to pod

If you like the sound of white noise or rain, there is a nice built-in feature that makes it available as additional background music even when listening to podcasts: Settings -> Accessibility -> Audio & Visual -> Background Noise I can activate it by pressing the home button three times (but I think that needs an additional setting).