diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/jquery.listenbroadcast.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/jquery.listenbroadcast.js
index f8670f979..440c0a1a8 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/jquery.listenbroadcast.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/jquery.listenbroadcast.js
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
               // tell audio to stop/start, in attempt to retry
               //audioDomElement.pause();
               audioDomElement.load();
-              if(isDesktopSafari()) {
+              if(needsCanPlayGuard()) {
                 $audio.bind('canplay', function() {
                   audioDomElement.play();
                 })
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
 
     function isNoisyEvent(eventName) {
       if(playState == PlayStateNone) {
-        console.log("ignoring: " + eventName)
+        logger.log("ignoring: " + eventName)
         return true;
       }
 
@@ -234,6 +234,11 @@
       if(isNoisyEvent('pause')) return;
       logger.log("pause", arguments);
 
+      if(treatPauseLikeEnd()) {
+        transition(PlayStateEnded);
+        return;
+      };
+
       transition(PlayStateStalled);
     }
 
@@ -274,6 +279,8 @@
         logger.log("ignoring stalled msg for non-active audio element")
         return;
       }
+
+      if(ignoreStalls()) return;
       // fires in Chrome on page load
 
       if(playState == PlayStateBuffering || playState == PlayStatePlaying) {
@@ -287,6 +294,8 @@
 
       // fires in FF on page load
 
+      if(ignoreSuspend()) return;
+
       transition(PlayStateStalled);
     }
 
@@ -394,18 +403,34 @@
       }
     }
 
+    function treatPauseLikeEnd() {
+      // never see a pause event until the session is over, in the rich client
+      return playState == PlayStatePlaying && navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('jamkazam') > -1;
+    }
+    function ignoreSuspend() {
+      // client always does a 'suspend' after playing. bleh
+      return playState == PlayStatePlaying && navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('jamkazam') > -1;
+    }
 
-    function isDesktopSafari() {
+    function ignoreStalls() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    function needsCanPlayGuard() {
       var ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
+
       if (ua.indexOf('safari') != -1) {
         if (ua.indexOf('chrome') > -1) {
         } else {
-          if (ua.match(/iPad/i) || ua.match(/iPhone/i)) {
-            return true; // not sure yet which way this should go
+          if (ua.indexOf('ipad') > -1 || ua.indexOf('iphone') > -1) {
+            return false; // not sure yet which way this should go
           }
           return true;
         }
       }
+      else if(ua.indexOf('jamkazam') > -1) {
+        return true;
+      }
       return false;
     }