Checking "Most Recent Unplayed" in iPod Podcast tab syncs played ones too

Hi all:
When I select "Sync 3 most recent unplayed episodes" under the podcast tab in iTunes, i get more than just the 3 most recent unplayed podcasts...I get a bunch of played ones too. Here's how it looks on my iPod:
1. The "Podcasts" menu shows ONLY the 3 most recent unplayed episodes of the podcasts I'd selected;
2. If I select the "Music" menu, then "Artists," then look for a podcast (for example, "ABC NEWS"), not only will the 3 unplayed episodes show up, but anywhere between 1-8 extra episodes also show up;
3. When I turn off podcast syncing in iTunes, none of the podcasts show up anyplace.
4. When I check the "Only sync checked items," those podcasts that used to show up uninvited no longer do if I uncheck them.
As you can imagine, this takes up a whole lot of extra room. Is anyone else having this issue? Has anyone figured out how to fix it. I'd prefer not to have to manually sync my podcasts if that's the only solution.
Thanks!
Dell Windows XP

I have a similar issue. I had previously checked to sync three most recent unplayed, but kept running out of room. So I turned off music sync. A few weeks later, same problem. Running out of room when I didn't think I should. So I, yesterday, changed to one most recent unplayed. However, when I sync, the status bar in iTunes shows it syncing podcasts I've already heard. aargh!
If I, within iTunes, check which podcasts are actually on the thing (iPod Nano, 2GB, one generation old) it lists seven podcasts, five hours, for 1.17 GB. What the heck? Only unplayed episodes show up, but I watched the status bar "sync" at least 20 played episodes.
So I disconnected it. Sure enough, only seven episodes are on there. Doing the math, there should only be about 200MB of space used by that five hours.
Is it putting "ghost" files on my iPod?

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