ITunes not marking podcasts as listened to

In the past, after synching, iTunes would list a podcast (that was listened to on the iPhone) as Read or listened to. This has been happening for months.
It doesn't seem to do that anymore, and I constantly get the "iTunes has stopped updating... because you haven't listened lately" message.
It's annoying.
Any ideas?

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