Audio Podcasts are clipped

I've noticed a problem with the audio podcasts I subscribe to in iTunes. The end of each podcast is clipped off. I'm judging about 2 seconds worth. There's not that much left at the end of the podcast (other than contact information, and that's frustrating enough), but this should not be happening. Is anyone else having the same problems or know of a fix?
--Barry
eMac, 1.25 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.5) updated iLife software; 1GB RAM; 80GB HD

Muse,
It happens with ESPN Radio, MacCast, all the ones I subscribe to from NPR and almost ALL of the ones I subscribe to from individuals. It only seems to affect audio podcasts and not video (as far as I can see). I've been guessing the problem was in iTunes or in the downloading process. I have updated iTunes and QT to the latest versions, and I keep them updated through Software Update.

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jfauth,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
If you ultimately obtained the chronological order that you desired and expected by clicking on the "Date Received" column, why would there be a problem?
The fact that the user controls the eventual order is more important than the arbitrary default setting.
;~)

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