2nd gen shuffle suddenly wont play music podcasts

Recently my 2nd generation iPod shuffle suddenly won't play some of my music podcasts.
It might have been after upgrading to iTunes 10.2.2 (12) that this started happening.
It still plays one of my other podcasts on it, but it's not playing the music ones, which is
what I use the shuffle for (running to podcasts on the treadmill).  Please help!
The podcasts it suddenly won't play are ones it has played in the past.  The shuffle is
having trouble reading them I think.  But then, maybe it has something to do with the
permissions on the podcasts?  I don't know.  They are all free ones.  I tried finding some
new ones to use, but the shuffle won't play them either.  They are playing fine in iTunes,
and they sync to the shuffle seemingly without problem.
When I try to advance the shuffle to the next track, it won't do so, it simply won't play
some of these podcasts. 
Help would be much appreciated.
Travis

oops problem solved.  found this after doing a bit more research.
The iPod shuffle won't play podcasts if it's in shuffle mode, it has to be switched to linear mode.
I switched mine to linear mode and voila, it works.  I must have accidentally switched it to shuffle
mode without realizing.  Now all my podcasts are playing fine.  yay.

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