I've been trying out gPodder, but my first attempt (Fresh Air podcasts) is producing the same SSL Certificate Verify Failed error. Tried to get support at Github, but with my Firefox 52 ESR and Chrome v49 browsers, I'm denied registration. And since I use WinXP, those are the latest browsers I can use. I take it you haven't run into this problem...or did you find a way to solve it?
11 years later and I have this same problem, and no answers anywhere as how to run a database recovery.
I've been dealing with the same problem for the past year, and it's getting worse as more podcast RSS distributors change (apparently) their security levels. I haven't found another podcast receiver that will work with WinXP, so I've also been stuck with downloading individual podcasts...and for me it's a lot more than 2 or 3 a week! Another alternative I've been using is the VLC program(v 2.2.4), it's Playlist has a crude podcast section that streams podcasts. It has some annoying bugs, but is a...