Password protect audio files, while retaining audio description

Hi there,

I have some podcast episodes that appear on password protected pages on my site, accessible only to Patreon subscribers. I’d like to allow non-Patreon visitors to read the episode description even though they don’t have the password – that way they can see if it’s something they’d like to sign up for.

At present, you can only see the episode description *after* you’ve entered the password – presumably because both the episode description and the audio are “bundled together” by the code I use. The episodes/episode descriptions are hosted at Buzzsprout, and I use a simple code on the website to link to them, eg:

[buzzsprout episode='7565071' player='true']

Is there a way to set up my site so that only the episode audio itself is password protected, not the episode description?

Grateful for any pointers you can offer.

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