Bug in iTunes Philosophy Podcasts

The Philosophy Podcast section in iTunes (subcategory of Society and Culture) does not display properly. All other subcategories (history, etc.) display fine.
There are no thumbnails, featured postings or top rankings - just text.
This has been a problem for nearly a week now.
Thanks. /Stephen Berlin

I assume the OP has the same beef I do. I want the podcasts listed in "My Podcasts" to be in alphabetical order. Apparently Apple thinks that what they want is more important. They aren't going to loose me over this, but they are starting to get on my nerves. I'm guessing that someday in the near future Jonny Ives is going to decide that computer screens look too ugly on his creations and Apple will then start shipping an iMac that is just the pretty stand and a keyboard.
They almost lost me because they put the card slot in back when it should be on the side, where it is usable. And now this iTunes mess where they unilaterally decide they know what we want.
I want to be able to have an alphabetical list. And I know I can have on in List view, but I want it in the "My Podcasts" section. Please fix this Apple. Otherwise you'll start looking like the other guys, and you know how well things are going for them.

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