diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/podcasts/PodcastEpisodeListItem.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/podcasts/PodcastEpisodeListItem.kt
index d088629e95..a55c2af060 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/podcasts/PodcastEpisodeListItem.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/podcasts/PodcastEpisodeListItem.kt
@@ -23,27 +23,34 @@ package com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.podcasts
 import androidx.compose.foundation.clickable
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Row
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxWidth
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
 import androidx.compose.foundation.shape.RoundedCornerShape
 import androidx.compose.material3.MaterialTheme
 import androidx.compose.material3.Text
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
 import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
+import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.compose.ui.draw.clip
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
+import androidx.compose.ui.res.pluralStringResource
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontWeight
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextOverflow
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.R
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.Note
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.service.relayClient.reqCommand.event.observeNoteReplyCount
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.navigation.navs.INav
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.navigation.routes.routeFor
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.note.CommentIcon
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.note.timeAgo
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.note.types.PodcastEpisodeAudioPlayer
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.AccountViewModel
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.stringRes
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.theme.Size18Modifier
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.theme.Size5dp
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.theme.grayText
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.podcasts.PodcastEpisode
@@ -132,5 +139,44 @@ fun PodcastEpisodeListItem(
                 accountViewModel = accountViewModel,
             )
         }
+
+        EpisodeCommentsChip(note, accountViewModel, nav)
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * A "comments" affordance for an episode list row: the NIP-22 (kind 1111) reply count plus a comment
+ * glyph, opening the episode's thread where the discussion lives and new comments are composed.
+ * Everything downstream — fetching `#a`/`#A` comments, the reply composer, the count — already works
+ * through the standard thread; this just surfaces it on the podcast-specific list.
+ */
+@Composable
+private fun EpisodeCommentsChip(
+    note: Note,
+    accountViewModel: AccountViewModel,
+    nav: INav,
+) {
+    val commentCount by observeNoteReplyCount(note, accountViewModel)
+
+    Row(
+        modifier =
+            Modifier
+                .clip(RoundedCornerShape(8.dp))
+                .clickable { routeFor(note, accountViewModel.account)?.let { nav.nav(it) } }
+                .padding(vertical = 4.dp),
+        verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
+        horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(6.dp),
+    ) {
+        CommentIcon(Size18Modifier, MaterialTheme.colorScheme.grayText)
+        Text(
+            text =
+                if (commentCount == 0) {
+                    stringRes(R.string.podcast_comment_action)
+                } else {
+                    pluralStringResource(R.plurals.podcast_comment_count, commentCount, commentCount)
+                },
+            style = MaterialTheme.typography.labelMedium,
+            color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.grayText,
+        )
     }
 }
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/amethyst/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index b8b2b2be5e..dfd388bf96 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -1011,6 +1011,11 @@
     <string name="podcast_value_for_value">Value-for-Value</string>
     <string name="podcast_value_split_percent">%1$d%%</string>
     <string name="podcast_value_zap_split_hint">Zaps to this are split between:</string>
+    <string name="podcast_comment_action">Comment</string>
+    <plurals name="podcast_comment_count">
+        <item quantity="one">%1$d comment</item>
+        <item quantity="other">%1$d comments</item>
+    </plurals>
     <string name="podcast_role_host">Host</string>
     <string name="podcast_role_cohost">Co-host</string>
     <string name="podcast_role_editor">Editor</string>