ITunes 7.02 and PodCast downloads

Since I have updated to 7.02 version, when a podcast is downloaded (from www.pomcast.com), it is greyed out and I can't read it.
If I quit and relaunch iTunes, the podcast isn't greyed out anymore but it is still unreadable. I must locate it in the Finder (Command-R from iTunes) and double-click it to have it recognized and read by iTunes!

I have had this problem too. This is what I think is happening....
When you upgrade to a new version of iTunes, it updates your library. While this is happening, if iTunes updates and downloads new podcasts, for some reason those show up grayed-out in the iTunes podcast playlist. Double-clicking on them won't play them.
The solution seems to be to find the file corresponding to that podcast in your music folder, and drag it out of there to, say, the desktop. Now delete that entry from your iTunes library (click on the title of that podcast episode and hit delete). Now do an Add to Library, and select that file. Assuming you have iTunes set to copy music to your music folder, it'll add that podcast and you should be able to play it.
The first time I encountered this error was with 7.0. For 7.0.1 I was smart enough to update podcasts BEFORE upgrading. I forgot for 7.0.2, and had this problem again. Apple really needs to fix this.

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