Can't listen to podcasts while playing certain games ?

[feeked]

So I like to listen to play Bejeweled on my way to work, and a lot of the time I'll listen to podcasts while doing so. This apparently isn't possible in 8.1 ! It just turns off the podcast when Bejeweled is launched. If audio is playing through Xbox music, it's not affected. I tried Wordament, and it doesn't turn off the podcast audio.

I can't figure out where the bug lies? I have to assume it's the podcast app, but I'm not sure.

Anyone else notice similar behavior?