How do I stop iTunes from using the cloud?

I use iTunes primarily for listening to podcasts. I recently upgraded to version 11.1.
Now, it used to be that I'd refresh podcasts, download the subscribed ones, listen to them, delete them. done. I just opened iTunes and under one of the podcasts, there were about a hundred old ones; I used to be able to show everything on one page, now I have to scroll 4 or 6 pages to see what I want. The "new" podcasts have a little cloud icon, so I guess that's where they are, or downloaded from.
Two questions: how do I delete these files, and how do I stop from using the cloud for podcasts?
(This is a repeat question, because SoonerDoc1 marked it as solved, and it's not)

That doesn't fix it as the podcast with the cloud logo show up as/in unplayed, I subscribe to CNET First Look Podcasts, some download and some don't download but have a cloud logo. Seems very random. iTunes is a badly written application that is getting worse after every new release. If iTunes doesn't improve soon I'll downgrade to iTunes 10.7 which was just about use-able. for the second time.

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