I don't think it's your equipment.
As far as I know, the podcasts are compressed to 128kbps. They obviously start out at a much higher bitrate, depending on what the DJ converted it to originally.
The only thing I can think of in your case, is that you are trying to listen to a podcast that had a poor quality to start with maybe, even before it was compressed.
Although, that would be a very rare thing to happen, as ALL podcasts are checked prior to being available for download via Littlesouth and iTunes.
Please contact us at:
complaints@littlesouth.co.uk if you feel that could be the problem.