Our podcast this week has picked up loads of RSS subscribers in a specific town in the US - so it's highly implausible. Is there a reason for this or is it a bug?
Thanks for sending over the link to the episode. I've checked this with our Trust & Safety team and ran a query to see if I can find out where the subscriptions are coming from.
From what it looks like, many of your subscription were coming through Apple's podcasting app for the iPhone, so there's nothing that would point to these plays being unauthorized or fake. :-)