I will pay good money for an Android app that lets me set up multiple queues (ie: today I feel like listening to this sub-genre of non-fiction), and lets me categorize podcasts, especially so that I can say "listened to this, didn't like" without it cluttering my inbox.
daveMaybe podcast apps would not be "dying slowly with dignity" if we could get some new features in there to make the RSS features even more awesome, but the people with the apps won't listen to friends. If I wanted them to listen I'd have to compete with them.