Manual syncing podcast-missing podcast

I'm manually syncing a podcast by dragging the podcast down onto the ipod device. In the status window it says syncing the file and appears to copy the file. But when I look at the podcasts on the ipod the podcast isn't there. Dragging the podcast a second time does nothing as itunes thinks the file is already there.
Where has the podcast gone? How can I find and play it?
Thanks
Michael

Do you have the problem when changing your iPod from "sync" to "manual"? I had to reformat my iPod to get it to accept certain podcasts once I turned off syncing. It also seems that when I turned off syncing, the iPod didn't "un-sync" (i.e. the amount of audio space used on the iPod stayed the same) but I can no longer access the podcasts. Mine doesn't act like it's copying, however. It gives me the green plus sign when I drag it, but then nothing happens. So basically it's as if the podcasts are still on my iPod, I just can't access them since I turned off syncing. Now I'll have to either turn syncing back on or reformat again and start over. (Which I may do to test my theory that the podcasts don't get removed, I just can't access them!)

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