iPhone 8 Plus iOS 14.6 US

I played a podcast reciting a cult-y homeschool's pledge of allegiance to show my friend how creepy it is. For the last three months I can't get rid of the suggestion to continue listening to this podcast. I tried marking the episode as played, then days later marking as unplayed. I tried subscribing & unsubscribing. I tried listening to lots of other podcasts and subscribing to many other shows to replace the suggestion. Nothing I've done will get rid of this recommendation. It's the first thing I see when I open the app, right under Good Afternoon.

Please either give me a strategy to trick the app to replace this recommendation, or in the next update give me to option to remove podcast recommendations, mark as uninterested, or block podcast episodes. Anything to make it go away would be appreciated.