with fmms I always forget to put up somewhere the configs and then I have to search the web to find out the right ones for my operator which isn't that easy to find. Have now again working fmms but I do not suggest to use it. People sending so big images or vids which then freezes your device.

Swap on sdcard is something I have thought or as well as repartitioning to get a bigger root and cloning emmc to sdcard - all things I have come across on TMO but which I have not yet dared to try.

You use openmediaplayer for podcasts. So you download them from somewhere or what?