Can't delete podcast from nano

My wife has a nano and now has a podcast on it that we can't get off.
On the iTunes screen, she has a "D's iPod" node and a "D's iPod Selection" node. The "D's iPod Selection" has all the songs she wants on the iPod. She then right-clicks on the "D's iPod" node and picks update. That should update the nano with all the songs from the "D's iPod Selection" and remove any songs not listed from the iPod.
The podcast in question shows up in the "D's iPod" but not in the "D's iPod Selection". However, when she does an update, it doesn't remove the podcast. Any ideas on how to remove it?
Dell Windows XP

Delete the podcast itself from your Podcasts item in the source list. Also, go through the library, and delete the episodes. Make sure they're removed from any list that the iPod updates from.
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