30 Gig Video iPod reboots when playing certain podcasts

Hi everyone,
I listen to an audio podcast called Diggnation. I usually put it on my iPod so I can listen to it in the car on my way to/from work.
I have posted about this over at the Revision 3 forums. Here is the thread for anyone who may be interested:
http://www.revision3.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2149
To sum up: I have tried turning off the EQ (as suggested in the Apple Knowledge base article here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304490) and it does NOT make a difference. My iPod still reboots. Aside from that, disabling functionality on my iPod is not an acceptable solution. Especially when this problem doesn't exist on older iPods (I had a friend with an older one test this for me.) My iPod ought to be able to play a simple MONO MP3 file.
If anyone else wants to try this, I had the problem with the November 9th, November 23rd, and November 30th episodes of Diggnation that I downloaded through iTunes. The only thing I've found in common with all 3 of those files is that they are all MONO and not stereo. The Nov 16th version was stereo and did not cause me any reboot issues. If I convert these problem files to WAV and back to a stereo MP3, I have no reboot problems.
I have tried resetting my iPod. I have tried removing the podcast from my iPod and copying a new download of it back on to the iPod - no difference.
Any suggestions? Or does anyone at Apple know what's going on here?
Thanks.

The only thing I've found in common with all 3 of
those files is that they are all MONO and not stereo.
The Nov 16th version was stereo and did not cause me
any reboot issues. If I convert these problem files
to WAV and back to a stereo MP3, I have no reboot
problems
Why not simply convert them to stereo MP3? You don't
need to first convert them to WAV.
Well, if I use the MP3 conversion in itunes, the file still reboots my iPod. So I have to use another program to convert it to a WAV and then back to MP3 - there are probably other programs out there that can do this in one step, but the one I already had requires the extra step. Besdies, I shouldn't have to do this at all. It should just work, shouldn't it?
Aside from that, disabling functionality on my
iPod is not an acceptable solution.
You are right. It's obvious that turning off the EQ
is simply a workaround until it gets fixed.
Oh, wait, it's fixed.
Update your iPod with the newest firmware (1.2.1)
Well, please note that when I started this thread, I was indeed up to date on both the latest version of iTunes and the latest version of the available firmware.
I just tried this update (1.2.1) and it seems to have fixed the problem. Thanks, apple!

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