"Listened to" podcasts aren't deleting automatically

I subscribe to a couple of podcasts. I have it set up that it deletes podcasts (not the subscription) that have been listened to. It's not working. When I decided to delete individual podcasts manually, for instance the episode from Jan. 10, 2006, I noticed in iTunes that the individual postcasts aren't listed. Only the subscription. Can anyone help?

You may want to check out your Smart Playlists. I took a look at mine only to discover that the podcasts in question were in a Smart Playlist called "90's Music" which had been present as a default on my iTunes. It didn't matter that the podcasts were not within the criteria of the list. For that matter, it also appeared that my entire music library had been put on that playlist, regardless of release date. So, not so much a "Smart" playlist as a stupid one. Ultimately, I had to delete the entire playlist. (Not a big sacrifice, as this wasnt' a personal favorite playlist, nor was it a difficult one to replicate, if I choose to do so later) Now that I have removed it, the podcasts are AutoDeleting as they should.
Still no clue as to why this particular SmartPlaylist went so wonky.

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