This is something we plan to address very soon by building our own search index for episodes - it's a big job as there are over 100m episodes out there which is why we've held off until now. Hopefully you won't have to wait too much longer.
Do you use the Podcasting 2.0 index? Just wondering if it wouldn’t make more sense to improve an open solution so everyone benefits from it.
That's what im referring to in the OP. The podcast 2.0 index is the thing that has the problem, which is making @merryoscar have to rebuild the whole thing and implement something different. If i could figure out what the hell is happening with the podcast 2.0 index I'd LOVE to just get it fixed, but i've been trying for a very long time and it hasn't changed in at least 2+ years.