Just now my dad called our internet provider and asked about not being able to access the podcasts and Boxtorrents. My guess was they actively blocked the latter but if baffled me as to why they'd hinder the former.

Turns out their American internet service provider Cogent suddenly cut off the "feed" after giving the Swedish provider 14 hours to sign a new "peering deal" or something, which I'm guessing caused a breakdown in communication etc. This, in turn, lead to people like me not being able to gain entry to websites that run through them and don't have an alternative provider.

The guy dad spoke to thought this was the reason for my problems and said they were hoping to have this sorted out by next week.

So we'll see how this unfolds :o