Can't play podcast in iTunes

I click on different podcast (RSS) feeds on several websites, and it shows them listed in iTunes, but won't update or download podcast, and the left column where you usually see blue dot or exclmation mark is blank, and when click on it they always show error: "The URL might point to text-only episodes, or contain file types that iTunes cannot play"
I tried changing settings in iTunes (Preferences/Advanced/Importing)to different settings like "import using..MP3, or AAC Encoder,etc" but nothing works.
Why does this happen and does anyone know what else I can do to make podcasts play in iTunes?
iMac G5   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

Yes, my 3rd gen nano has stopped playing videos podcasts or otherwise for some reason. Soft reset and restore didn't help.

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