diff --git a/aiui/packages/app/src/composables/__tests__/contentFiltering.test.ts b/aiui/packages/app/src/composables/__tests__/contentFiltering.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24cb732b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aiui/packages/app/src/composables/__tests__/contentFiltering.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Regression: operator phrasing must not be mistaken for content queries.
+//
+// Reported on-device 2026-08-06 — the content panel showed "Podcast
+// recommendations" for a query that had nothing to do with podcasts. Both
+// classifiers (this one and ChatPage's loader label) matched a bare `show`,
+// which is how an operator phrases most requests to a node assistant:
+// "show me my files", "show the logs", "show installed apps".
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
+import { preferredFirstTab } from '../contentFiltering'
+
+describe('preferredFirstTab — operator phrasing is not a content query', () => {
+  it('does not classify "show me ..." as a podcast query', () => {
+    expect(preferredFirstTab('show me my files')).not.toBe('podcast')
+    expect(preferredFirstTab('show the filebrowser logs')).not.toBe('podcast')
+    expect(preferredFirstTab('show installed apps')).not.toBe('podcast')
+  })
+
+  it('still classifies genuine podcast queries', () => {
+    expect(preferredFirstTab('recommend me a podcast')).toBe('podcast')
+    expect(preferredFirstTab('any good episode about bitcoin?')).toBe('podcast')
+    // NB: a bare "listen" belongs to the song rule, which is checked
+    // first — only the explicit "listen to a podcast" phrasing lands here.
+    expect(preferredFirstTab('listen to a podcast about bitcoin')).toBe('podcast')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps tv-show detection, which needs the two-word form', () => {
+    expect(preferredFirstTab('best tv show to binge')).toBe('tvshow')
+  })
+
+  it('still classifies films and music', () => {
+    expect(preferredFirstTab('recommend me 10 scifi films')).toBe('film')
+    expect(preferredFirstTab('good album for working')).toBe('song')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/aiui/packages/app/src/composables/contentFiltering.ts b/aiui/packages/app/src/composables/contentFiltering.ts
index 62dae6a1..83441111 100644
--- a/aiui/packages/app/src/composables/contentFiltering.ts
+++ b/aiui/packages/app/src/composables/contentFiltering.ts
@@ -167,9 +167,17 @@ export function extractQueryContext(q: string): string {
 
 export function preferredFirstTab(userQuery: string): ContentTab | null {
   const q = userQuery.toLowerCase().trim()
-  if (/\b(film|movie|movies)\b/.test(q)) return 'film'
+  // `films` (plural) was missing: "recommend me 10 scifi films" — the
+  // operator's own words — matched nothing and opened no content tab.
+  if (/\b(film|films|movie|movies)\b/.test(q)) return 'film'
+  // Podcast is checked BEFORE song because its words are the specific
+  // ones: "listen to a podcast" must not be swallowed by the song rule's
+  // bare `listen`. Conversely `show` is NOT a podcast word — it is how
+  // operators phrase almost every request ("show me my files"), and it
+  // made unrelated queries render "Podcast recommendations". `tv show`
+  // keeps its own two-word form in the tvshow rule below.
+  if (/\b(podcast|episode)\b/.test(q)) return 'podcast'
   if (/\b(song|music|track|album|band|artist|listen)\b/.test(q)) return 'song'
-  if (/\b(podcast|episode|show|listen to)\b/.test(q)) return 'podcast'
   if (/\b(book|books|read|reading|novel|author|nonfiction|non-fiction)\b/.test(q)) return 'book'
   if (/\b(tv\b|tv show|tv series|series|television|streaming|binge|watch)\b/.test(q)) return 'tvshow'
   if (/\b(image|images|photo|photos|picture|pictures|screenshot|gallery|artwork|illustration)\b/.test(q)) return 'image'
diff --git a/aiui/packages/app/src/pages/ChatPage.vue b/aiui/packages/app/src/pages/ChatPage.vue
index 026c7d39..83099016 100644
--- a/aiui/packages/app/src/pages/ChatPage.vue
+++ b/aiui/packages/app/src/pages/ChatPage.vue
@@ -641,15 +641,16 @@ const loaderContextType = computed(() => {
   if (panelOpen.value) return contentType.value
   const lastUser = [...chatStore.messages].reverse().find((m) => m.role === 'user')
   const q = (lastUser?.content ?? '').toLowerCase()
+  // Podcast before song: its words are the specific ones, so "listen to a
+  // podcast" must not be swallowed by the song rule's bare `listen`.
+  // Mirrors contentFiltering.ts's preferredFirstTab ordering — these two
+  // classifiers label the same panel and must not disagree.
+  if (/\b(podcast|episode)\b/.test(q)) return 'podcast'
   if (/\b(song|music|track|album|band|artist|listen)\b/.test(q)) return 'song'
   if (/\b(book|novel|read|author|fiction|nonfiction|memoir)\b/.test(q)) return 'book'
   if (/\b(tv show|tv series|series|television|binge|season)\b/.test(q)) return 'tvshow'
   if (/\b(image|images|photo|photos|picture|pictures|screenshot|gallery|artwork|illustration)\b/.test(q)) return 'image'
   if (/\b(restaurant|restaurants|place|places|food|eat|dining|cafe|bar|pub|brunch|lunch|dinner)\b/.test(q)) return 'film'
-  // NOT a bare `show`: "show me my files" / "show the logs" is the most
-  // common phrasing in an operator chat, and it was labelling every such
-  // query "Podcast recommendations" (reported on-device 2026-08-06).
-  if (/\b(podcast|episode|listen to)\b/.test(q)) return 'podcast'
   if (/\b(news|latest|recent|current|what'?s happening|what are people saying)\b/.test(q)) return 'news'
   if (/\b(bip|protocol|debate|sentiment|bearish|bull case|macro)\b/.test(q)) return 'magazine'
   if (/\b(website|websites|where to check|best places|check online|resources?|sources?)\b/.test(q)) return 'websites'