This may or may not be helpful, but in the past when I’ve run into problems with IFTTT, I’ve been able to accomplish what I wanted using Stringify instead.
Stringify is much less well-known than IFTTT, but is similar and can do many of the same things. It has a more visual “recipe” builder that I find more intuitive.
It also has a lot of home automation built-in that IFTTT doesn’t have so it is not just a clone or alternative, it can do things IFTTT cannot do.
Maybe the podcast can talk about it?