Itunes 11 playlists don't include podcasts!

I rely on a couple of smart playlists and a bit of applescript to populate a playlist for use in the car.
But I can't get any podcast to appear in a smart playlist
I've tried by name=[podcast_name] and genre=podcast and, even, copying all the podcasts to a static playlist (called podtest) and setting my smart playlist to playlist=podtest - but never a podcast appears.
Help!

Fixed - went back to iTunes 10.7 - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4553829?start=30&tstart=0

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