diff --git a/src/api/StatusApi.test.ts b/src/api/StatusApi.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfb4396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/StatusApi.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import { StatusApi, MutedAlert } from './StatusApi'
+import { StatusRepository } from '../db/StatusRepository'
+
+describe('StatusApi.getAgeAlerts', () => {
+    // The repository is not used by getAgeAlerts, so a bare object is enough.
+    const statusApi = new StatusApi({} as StatusRepository)
+
+    // A timestamp old enough to trigger a red alert
+    const staleDate = new Date(Date.now() - 100 * 60 * 60 * 1000)
+
+    const yellowAgeHours = 26
+    const redAgeHours = 50
+
+    it('creates a red alert for stale data when nothing is muted', () => {
+        const status = {
+            3701: { latestUpdates: { 'anchor/playsByGender': staleDate } },
+        }
+
+        const alerts = statusApi.getAgeAlerts(
+            status,
+            yellowAgeHours,
+            redAgeHours
+        )
+
+        expect(alerts.red).toHaveLength(1)
+        expect(alerts.red?.[0]).toMatchObject({
+            podcastId: 3701,
+            endpoint: 'anchor/playsByGender',
+        })
+    })
+
+    it('suppresses alerts for a muted podcast/endpoint combination', () => {
+        const status = {
+            3701: { latestUpdates: { 'anchor/playsByGender': staleDate } },
+        }
+        const muted: MutedAlert[] = [
+            { podcastId: 3701, endpoint: 'anchor/playsByGender' },
+        ]
+
+        const alerts = statusApi.getAgeAlerts(
+            status,
+            yellowAgeHours,
+            redAgeHours,
+            muted
+        )
+
+        expect(alerts.red).toBeUndefined()
+        expect(alerts.yellow).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+
+    it('only mutes the specified endpoint, not other endpoints of the podcast', () => {
+        const status = {
+            3701: {
+                latestUpdates: {
+                    'anchor/playsByGender': staleDate,
+                    'anchor/plays': staleDate,
+                },
+            },
+        }
+        const muted: MutedAlert[] = [
+            { podcastId: 3701, endpoint: 'anchor/playsByGender' },
+        ]
+
+        const alerts = statusApi.getAgeAlerts(
+            status,
+            yellowAgeHours,
+            redAgeHours,
+            muted
+        )
+
+        expect(alerts.red).toHaveLength(1)
+        expect(alerts.red?.[0]).toMatchObject({
+            podcastId: 3701,
+            endpoint: 'anchor/plays',
+        })
+    })
+
+    it('only mutes the specified podcast, not the same endpoint on other podcasts', () => {
+        const status = {
+            3701: { latestUpdates: { 'anchor/playsByGender': staleDate } },
+            42: { latestUpdates: { 'anchor/playsByGender': staleDate } },
+        }
+        const muted: MutedAlert[] = [
+            { podcastId: 3701, endpoint: 'anchor/playsByGender' },
+        ]
+
+        const alerts = statusApi.getAgeAlerts(
+            status,
+            yellowAgeHours,
+            redAgeHours,
+            muted
+        )
+
+        expect(alerts.red).toHaveLength(1)
+        expect(alerts.red?.[0]).toMatchObject({
+            podcastId: 42,
+            endpoint: 'anchor/playsByGender',
+        })
+    })
+})
diff --git a/src/api/StatusApi.ts b/src/api/StatusApi.ts
index 262be82..0681f43 100644
--- a/src/api/StatusApi.ts
+++ b/src/api/StatusApi.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 import { StatusRepository } from '../db/StatusRepository'
 import { StatusPayload } from '../types/api'
 
+// An alert that is intentionally muted, identified by the podcast (account id)
+// and the endpoint identifier in the `provider/endpoint` format used by
+// `getStatus` (e.g. `anchor/playsByGender`).
+export type MutedAlert = {
+    podcastId: number
+    endpoint: string
+}
+
 class StatusApi {
     statusRepo: StatusRepository
 
@@ -15,6 +23,10 @@ class StatusApi {
 
     // checks all dates and create yellow and red alerts if too old
     // returns an object with the alerts if there are any
+    //
+    // `mutedAlerts` lists podcast/endpoint combinations that should never
+    // generate an alert, e.g. for podcasts that only report a given endpoint
+    // sporadically and would otherwise produce noisy false positives.
     getAgeAlerts(
         statusData: {
             [podcastId: number]: {
@@ -22,7 +34,8 @@ class StatusApi {
             }
         },
         yellowAgeHours: number,
-        redAgeHours: number
+        redAgeHours: number,
+        mutedAlerts: MutedAlert[] = []
     ) {
         type AlertData = {
             podcastId: number
@@ -36,6 +49,16 @@ class StatusApi {
             const podcastId = parseInt(podcastIdStr)
             Object.entries(podcastData.latestUpdates).forEach(
                 ([endpointName, endpointDate]) => {
+                    // skip alerts that have been explicitly muted for this
+                    // podcast/endpoint combination
+                    const isMuted = mutedAlerts.some(
+                        (muted) =>
+                            muted.podcastId === podcastId &&
+                            muted.endpoint === endpointName
+                    )
+                    if (isMuted) {
+                        return
+                    }
                     const ageHours = Math.round(
                         (new Date().getTime() -
                             new Date(endpointDate).getTime()) /
diff --git a/src/api/mutedAlerts.ts b/src/api/mutedAlerts.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99282e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/mutedAlerts.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { MutedAlert } from './StatusApi'
+
+// Alerts that are intentionally muted in the `/status` age-alert check.
+//
+// Some podcasts only report certain endpoints sporadically. For those, stale
+// data is expected and would otherwise produce noisy yellow/red alerts. Add an
+// entry here to silence a single podcast/endpoint combination without affecting
+// the rest of the podcast's monitoring (use the podcast-wide `monitored` flag
+// in the `podcasts` table if you want to mute an entire podcast instead).
+//
+// `endpoint` uses the `provider/endpoint` identifier from `getStatus`,
+// e.g. `anchor/playsByGender`.
+export const MUTED_ALERTS: MutedAlert[] = [
+    // account_id 3701: the show is not very active and only reports
+    // anchor/playsByGender occasionally, so the age check would otherwise fire
+    // false-positive alerts. Mute it.
+    { podcastId: 3701, endpoint: 'anchor/playsByGender' },
+]
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 9a82a65..fc0a780 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { FeedbackRepository } from './db/FeedbackRepository'
 import { FeedbackApi } from './api/FeedbackApi'
 import { StatusRepository } from './db/StatusRepository'
 import { StatusApi } from './api/StatusApi'
+import { MUTED_ALERTS } from './api/mutedAlerts'
 import crypto from 'crypto'
 import { body, validationResult } from 'express-validator'
 import { Config } from './config'
@@ -429,7 +430,8 @@ app.get('/status', async (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
         const alerts = statusApi.getAgeAlerts(
             status,
             yellowAgeHours,
-            redAgeHours
+            redAgeHours,
+            MUTED_ALERTS
         )
         // the key yellow or red is is only set if there is an alert
         // this allows the client to check for the existence of the keys yellow and red