diff --git a/zspotify/podcast.py b/zspotify/podcast.py
index f7c337dc..686ea4ab 100644
--- a/zspotify/podcast.py
+++ b/zspotify/podcast.py
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ def get_show_episodes(show_id_str) -> list:
     limit = 50
 
     while True:
-        resp = ZSpotify.invoke_url_with_params(
-            f'{SHOWS_URL}/{show_id_str}/episodes', limit=limit, offset=offset)
+        resp = ZSpotify.invoke_url_with_params(f'{SHOWS_URL}/{show_id_str}/episodes', limit=limit, offset=offset)
         offset += limit
         for episode in resp[ITEMS]:
             episodes.append(episode[ID])
@@ -38,33 +37,6 @@ def get_show_episodes(show_id_str) -> list:
     return episodes
 
 
-def download_podcast_experimental(url, filename):
-    import functools
-    import pathlib
-    import shutil
-    import requests
-    from tqdm.auto import tqdm
-
-    r = requests.get(url, stream=True, allow_redirects=True)
-    if r.status_code != 200:
-        r.raise_for_status()  # Will only raise for 4xx codes, so...
-        raise RuntimeError(
-            f"Request to {url} returned status code {r.status_code}")
-    file_size = int(r.headers.get('Content-Length', 0))
-
-    path = pathlib.Path(filename).expanduser().resolve()
-    path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-    desc = "(Unknown total file size)" if file_size == 0 else ""
-    r.raw.read = functools.partial(
-        r.raw.read, decode_content=True)  # Decompress if needed
-    with tqdm.wrapattr(r.raw, "read", total=file_size, desc=desc) as r_raw:
-        with path.open("wb") as f:
-            shutil.copyfileobj(r_raw, f)
-
-    return path
-
-
 def download_episode(episode_id) -> None:
     podcast_name, episode_name = get_episode_info(episode_id)
 
@@ -75,6 +47,9 @@ def download_episode(episode_id) -> None:
     else:
         filename = podcast_name + ' - ' + episode_name
 
+        episode_id = EpisodeId.from_base62(episode_id)
+        stream = ZSpotify.get_content_stream(episode_id, ZSpotify.DOWNLOAD_QUALITY)
+
         download_directory = os.path.join(
             os.path.dirname(__file__),
             ZSpotify.get_config(ROOT_PODCAST_PATH),
@@ -83,12 +58,33 @@ def download_episode(episode_id) -> None:
         download_directory = os.path.realpath(download_directory)
         create_download_directory(download_directory)
 
-        filepath = os.path.join(download_directory, f"{filename}.mp3")
+        total_size = stream.input_stream.size
 
-        download_url = ZSpotify.invoke_url(
-            'https://api-partner.spotify.com/pathfinder/v1/query?operationName=getEpisode&variables={"uri":"spotify:episode:3u0krXMhLcdGZUZkDVmMSt"}&extensions={"persistedQuery":{"version":1,"sha256Hash":"224ba0fd89fcfdfb3a15fa2d82a6112d3f4e2ac88fba5c6713de04d1b72cf482"}}')["data"]["episode"]["audio"]["items"][-1]["url"]
+        filepath = os.path.join(download_directory, f"{filename}.ogg")
+        if (
+            os.path.isfile(filepath)
+            and os.path.getsize(filepath) == total_size
+            and ZSpotify.get_config(SKIP_EXISTING_FILES)
+        ):
+            print(
+                "\n###   SKIPPING:",
+                podcast_name,
+                "-",
+                episode_name,
+                "(EPISODE ALREADY EXISTS)   ###",
+            )
+            return
 
-        download_podcast_experimental(download_url, filepath)
+        with open(filepath, 'wb') as file, tqdm(
+            desc=filename,
+            total=total_size,
+            unit='B',
+            unit_scale=True,
+            unit_divisor=1024
+        ) as bar:
+            for _ in range(int(total_size / ZSpotify.get_config(CHUNK_SIZE)) + 1):
+                bar.update(file.write(
+                    stream.input_stream.stream().read(ZSpotify.get_config(CHUNK_SIZE))))
 
         # convert_audio_format(ROOT_PODCAST_PATH +
         #                     extra_paths + filename + '.ogg')