Same complain here. I think I must be doing it wrong and I’m glad I found this post.
I tried to change view (in iOS app) from shows to episodes (drop-down menu up-left). But same behavior. The only way I’ve been able to work around it was:
- play an episode
- go to queue
- swipe down and tap on “clear”, the current playing episode remains
- from that moment you can open any episode and “add to queue” or “play next”
It is not a showstopper but pretty annoying.
I would also love if I could see this hand-crafted queue from other devices so I can continue to listen when I leave/arrive home or whatever.