HT1386 Podcast will not sync to iphone

It's 3/11/14 and I just realized one of my podcasts has not been synching to my phone.  I just thought they stopped the podcast because the show is not live anymore.
My other podcast is still synching up so I didn't notice.
I've unsubscribed and resubscribed to the podcast.  No help.
I can see all the episodes on itunes but they do not show up on my iphone. 
I've read other threads and have tried their suggestions and only one has worked so far.  I thought I would post the solution just in case it helps someone else.
Go to Podcast in itunes
Select the list option
Right click on the podcast that is not syncing
Get info, select yes, when it asks you if you want to make changes
Go to the Options
Change the Media type to "itunes u"
Of course you have to have the itunes u app.  It's free and a great app.
My podcast showed up and I can listen to it now. 
It's very strange and I hope Apple will fix this problem soon. 
I haven't synced it to any new episodes yets so I don't know if I'll have to change the settings for all new episodes each week or it'll just follow the other ones into the itunes U app.
Just in case anyone is wondering, I have a iphone4 and have been listening to these podcasts for years with no problem.  I didn't change any settings except for all these updates itunes suggests.

You can only sync to one iTunes library but you can manage music and videos among different computer/libraries.
It appears that you are trying to sync with a different library.
- If you want to make the Mac you syncing computer:
--- Connect the iPod to the computer and make a backup by:
iOS: How to back up
--- Restore the iPod from that backup. Note that synced media like apps and music are not in included in the backup.

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