Ipod playlists/podcast automatic updates

Hi,
I have subscribed to some podcasts. Is there any way that my iPod can automatically update with the episodes I have not listened to-or with each new days episodes- without me dragging and dropping each episode I want every day, and erasing the episodes I have listened to on my iPod? Can I make a 'business' playlist that when I drag and drop it into my ipod it only puts the newest shows of the podcasts that I added to the playlist?
Thanks.

Connect the iPod and select it in the SOurce list in iTunes.
Select the Podcasts tab and pick what you want.

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Hi Frank,
this is not easy to talk with words. First, since your antennas are articulated, you can achieve any coverage without moving the AP itself.
The coverage patterns seen here :
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/wireless/antenna/installation/guide/5135dw.html
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Then you have the coverage seen on the diagrams of the link I pasted.
H-view is a top view (you are viewing the AP from the ceiling on your desk). You can see it's radiating in all horizontal direcitons.
E-view is a side view (you are sitting on your chair looking at the AP at the same heigh as it) : You can see it's radiating left and right but not so much up and down of the AP.
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When you want to change the selection in the smart playlist just delete everything in it and it will add a new selection. When you want to change the normal playlist just delete out what you don't want and drag in a new selection.
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Ok, first try a restore. Next, on the playlist issue...
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