         waitForExpectations(timeout: timeOut, handler: nil)
         mondayMorningPodcast91216StaticText.tap()
         
-        
-        let initialSliderPositionValue = app.sliders.element.normalizedSliderPosition
-        sleep(1)
-        let normalSliderPositionValue = app.sliders.element.normalizedSliderPosition
-        // Verify if the slider is moving
-      //  XCTAssertTrue(normalSliderPositionValue > initialSliderPositionValue)
+        let normalSliderPositionValue =  app.sliders["1%"]
+        XCTAssertFalse(normalSliderPositionValue.exists)
+        expectation(for: doesItExist, evaluatedWith: normalSliderPositionValue, handler: nil)
+        waitForExpectations(timeout: timeOut, handler: nil)
+    
         app.buttons[pauseButton].tap()
-    
     }
     
     func testVerifyIfNextEpisodeIsPlayedWhenSliderReachesNearMaxValue() {

        normalSliderPositionValue = app.sliders.element.normalizedSliderPosition
       // XCTAssertTrue(normalSliderPositionValue > initialSliderPositionValue)
    }

}


        
        // Verify if the slider is moving
        var normalSliderPositionValue =  app.sliders["1%"]
        XCTAssertFalse(normalSliderPositionValue.exists)
        expectation(for: doesItExist, evaluatedWith: normalSliderPositionValue, handler: nil)
        waitForExpectations(timeout: timeOut, handler: nil)
        
        // Verify if 2x speed is working (i.e the slider should move faster)
        app.buttons[play2TimesButton].tap()
        normalSliderPositionValue =  app.sliders["3%"]
        XCTAssertFalse(normalSliderPositionValue.exists)
        expectation(for: doesItExist, evaluatedWith: normalSliderPositionValue, handler: nil)
        waitForExpectations(timeout: timeOut, handler: nil)
        
        // Verify if 3x speed is working (i.e the slider should move the fastest)
        app.buttons[play3TimesButton].tap()
        normalSliderPositionValue =  app.sliders["8%"]
        XCTAssertFalse(normalSliderPositionValue.exists)
        expectation(for: doesItExist, evaluatedWith: normalSliderPositionValue, handler: nil)
        waitForExpectations(timeout: timeOut, handler: nil)
        
        // Verify if the pause button is working (i.e the slider should not move)
        app.buttons[pauseButton].tap()
