a, .this_geekChicks_a{color:#cc3355!important; font-style:italic; text-decoration: underline;} a:hover, .this_geekChicks_a:hover{color:#990000;} .this_geekChicks_table{border-style:dotted; border-color:#ff66ff; border-width:4px;} .this_geekChicks_td{background-color:#ffddee; color:#ff0066; font-size:14px; font-family:Courier 10 Pitch,New Courier,Courier; padding:5px;} p, .this_geekChicks_p, .this_geekChicks_strong, .this_geekChicks_em, .this_geekChicks_small, .this_geekChicks_gdDREAMS, .geekChicks_disclaimer, .this_geekChicks_sarcasm{color:#ff0066;} p, .this_geekChicks_p{text-indent:40px;!important} .this_geekChicks_gdDREAMS, .this_geekChicks_disclaimer, .this_geekChicks_sarcasm{font-weight:bold;} .this_geekChicks_sarcasm{font-style:italic; text-decoration:underline;} .this_geekChicks_disclaimer{font-size:19px;} .this_geekChicks_firefoxLogo{border-width:0px; width:22px; height:22;}*hopes this threads correctly*, i've just joined this list so i can't actually reply to any part of the thread. but i'm having this issue as well. i have however narrowed down exactly when it occurs. it happens once i subscribe to more than 55 podcasts; its then that gPodder will stop loading subscribed podcasts, both in the drop down &left hand side navigation. i went through my channels.xml commenting out groups of podcasts until it failed to load. it never did generate an error while loading. however i did get it to generate the following error when i switched to gPodder's `Download Status` tab and then back to its `Podcasts` tab: ** (gpodder:6758): CRITICAL **: clearlooks_style_draw_focus: assertion `height >= -1' failed i hope this helps. thnx again for all your work on gPodder and if i had even a moment to spare i'd dive right in to gPodder's code(though i may in the future)... but i don't even have the time to send this email. lol, well thnx again &advance.