Can I stop Bluetooth connected iPhone from auto playing music/podcast?

[wahoowad]

I don't understand why this is happening. Say I was listening to a podcast while working in my yard, but stopped it hours ago. When I get in my 2019 Silverado the iPhone will auto-pair with the truck (which I want) but it then starts to play the podcast (I don't want that). I don't see anything that controls this in settings anywhere.

[Ryno12]

Mine will do that too if I shut down the truck while I’m actively streaming from my phone. I believe it does this so you can resume where you left off when you start your vehicle again. Same with the other media sources like FM or SXM. The vehicle will start with the same source you were listening to when you shut it off.

There’s a couple of things you can try.

Change to a different media source before you exit the vehicle.
You can try stopping the application on your phone first before turning off your vehicle.
Or shut down the running application all together on your iPhone.

[wahoowad]

I'm not talking about after having left the vehicle. In my case I haven't streamed/played this podcast/music inside the truck yet. In fact I don't want to - I was listening to it earlier before getting in the truck, but stopped. Yet later when I go to start the truck the bluetooth connects and starts to play the podcast.