Double podcasts folder

When updating podcasts some podcasts are opening up new folder directories. Not placing the new podcast in with older podcasts from the same publisher. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you

As has been suggested iTunes "splits" the listing for a podcast if & when the feed URL changes. For example I'm currently subscribed to one called The Pod Delusion. Up until episode 72 the feed URL was:
http://www.ipadio.com/phlog_rss.asp?phlogid=9216
From episode 73 a couple of weeks ago it has changed to:
http://www.ipadio.com/ipadio_rss.aspx?phlogid=9216
I've "repaired" broken series in the past using Mp3tag, by editing the PODCASTURL field in the extended tags view of all earlier episodes to merge the series back together. In fact, prompted by this thread I just made the edit outside iTunes with Mp3Tag and then used my script UpdateTagInfo to make iTunes notice the changes. (Playing the tracks briefly one by one should also achieve this end.)
The series is all merged together again.
Unfortunately I don't know offhand of a Mac tag editor that can change the PODCASTURL field but I'm sure there must be one.
If a podcast series changes its name but stays at the same URL then the series should be linked as one in iTunes, but can occupy two or more sub-folders of the Podcasts folder. I'm pretty sure this can be repaired by changing the album title of earlier episodes to match the current one, but as I manually manage my files & folders I would need to create a test library and experiment to be certain.
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