ITunes removing unplayed podcasts...

Before I update iTunes from 6 to 7, I could set my podcasts to be removed after I listened to them. It seems that with iTunes 7 as soon as I play my podcasts, and sync my iPod they are removed from the Podcast directory. Is this the way iTunes behaves now? As soon as I play a podcast it is gone, whether I have completed listening to it or not.
vr,
Roderick

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
iTunes now seems to be marking podcasts as played as soon as you listen to them at all. Thus, the podcast is played and is deleted based on the preferences you have set.
You could change the preferences in iTunes for iTunes and the iPod to something else (keep the last (or last two) episodes, for example) since you don't listen to them all at once. Also, not syncing the iPod until you are done could work, but isn't convenient (and defeats the purpose of new podcasts, in a way).
I would also send feedback to Apple...
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