IPod mini forgets that podcasts are podcasts

I have recently started observing a problem with my iPod mini. On occasion, without any so-far-discernable pattern, my iPod forgets that my podcasts are podcasts. Instead, I end up with a big playlist on the iPod named "Podcasts" containing all of the podcasts. When I try to sync my iPod, I'm told there isn't enough room to sync because the iPod has too much music. This was my first clue that something was amiss; I discovered that the podcasts were no longer being recognized as such. I manually deleted the playlist and all its entries and synced, and it worked fine. However, for some reason I'm still observing this random "forgetfulness" of my iPod. Anyone else seen this, and any solutions?
iPod Mini 2G 6GB, iTunes 6.0.4, Windows and Mac.

I have had a similar problem. Without any specific pattern I will have it where iTunes that I don't even have selected to automatically update start appearing on my iTunes as songs. This fills up my iPod. THe only way I've found to reliably to fix it is to basically start over. Sometimes I have to delete all subscribe podcasts and go to manual mode to remove everything. But inevitably the same thing happens again. It is very annoying.

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