Batch delete older podcasts

I listen to lots of podcasts (current I have @ 270 that I pick from) but over time I need to do a "cull" of all the older podcast episodes to free up hard disk space and avoid them clogging up my 32Gb MP3 player too!
Is there a way to batch delete all but the latest version of all podcast feeds, so I am left with only the very latest one of each show, and all older legacy episodes are permanently deleted.
Thanks in advance for your help.

P.S.  I tried what's been suggested: that you automatically synch checked podcasts and then uncheck everything.  It didn't work.  Those old podcasts are still there.

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