How can I prevent iTunes from downloading the last podcast when I subscribe?

When I subscribe to a podcast RSS feed iTunes instantly begins to downoad the last podcast in the feed. This is in spite of the Podcast Settings default being set to Do Nothing. I have installed many versions of iTunes and they all did it so the answer cannot be to reinstall.

Same issue since Mavericks.

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