Home Computer, Work Computer - 1 iPhone am I out of luck?

Often, very very often I before I leave work I will want to put on some new podcast or song for the drive home. My work computer has little to no media on it (it is owned by work).
My main computer is at home with everything on it.
When leaving work, I cannot move anything to my iPhone. I can with my Nano, and have been doing this with many iPods.
What am I missing? Is the answer I need an iPod and an iPhone?

Well, you can sync you iPhone at work before you leave...that will replace everything with work related contents (including your podcast) and you can listen to that on the way home.
When you get home, you can then re-sync to your home computer and get everything back on from your home computer.
If you can do that with your iPod, then that's what i'd stick with. The iPhone does so much more in terms of contacts and content, etc. So that may be more of a hassle for you.

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