diff --git a/Marks/Views/PodcastPlayerView.swift b/Marks/Views/PodcastPlayerView.swift
index 52a02ec..303d5cb 100644
--- a/Marks/Views/PodcastPlayerView.swift
+++ b/Marks/Views/PodcastPlayerView.swift
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ final class PodcastPlayerViewModel {
     private var pollingTask: Task<Void, Never>?
     private var timeObserver: Any?
     private var endObserver: Any?
+    private var interruptionObserver: Any?
     private var currentPodcastTitle: String = "Marks Podcast"
 
     func start(articleUrl: String, articleTitle: String = "", claude: ClaudeService) {
@@ -120,6 +121,8 @@ final class PodcastPlayerViewModel {
         if let obs = timeObserver { player?.removeTimeObserver(obs) }
         if let obs = endObserver { NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(obs) }
         endObserver = nil
+        if let obs = interruptionObserver { NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(obs) }
+        interruptionObserver = nil
         player = nil
         isPlaying = false
         currentTime = 0
@@ -205,6 +208,28 @@ final class PodcastPlayerViewModel {
             self.updateNowPlaying()
         }
 
+        // Pause on phone calls / Siri; resume when interruption ends
+        interruptionObserver = NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(
+            forName: AVAudioSession.interruptionNotification, object: nil, queue: .main
+        ) { [weak self] notification in
+            guard let self,
+                  let typeValue = notification.userInfo?[AVAudioSessionInterruptionTypeKey] as? UInt,
+                  let type = AVAudioSession.InterruptionType(rawValue: typeValue) else { return }
+            if type == .began {
+                self.player?.pause()
+                self.isPlaying = false
+                self.updateNowPlaying()
+            } else if type == .ended {
+                let optionsValue = notification.userInfo?[AVAudioSessionInterruptionOptionKey] as? UInt ?? 0
+                let options = AVAudioSession.InterruptionOptions(rawValue: optionsValue)
+                if options.contains(.shouldResume) {
+                    self.player?.rate = self.playbackSpeed
+                    self.isPlaying = true
+                    self.updateNowPlaying()
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         let interval = CMTime(seconds: 0.5, preferredTimescale: 600)
         timeObserver = p.addPeriodicTimeObserver(forInterval: interval, queue: .main) { [weak self] t in
             guard let self else { return }