I can't find iTunes U/podcast files in iTunes OR Windows Explorer.

There are some podcasts (mostly iTunes U) on my 5th gen iPod that I cannot delete. They show up in my iPod's menus, but they do not show up in any section of iTunes. I have used Windows to show hidden files and deleted some of them off my iPod through Windows Explorer (I still couldn't find all of them, and I went through every file on my iPod), but even after I deleted the files in Windows they still show up on my iPod after I eject it!
Does anyone have any ideas, short of wiping it clean and starting over, how I can delete these podcasts? It's driving me crazy.

I forgot to add that even though the files show in my iPod after being deleted while connected to Windows, they are not playable in the iPod. If I click play the iPod starts freaking out and not responding properly (the scroll wheel gets all jerky).
I did multiple soft resets and that did not fix the issue. Thanks all!

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