Organizing podcasts: playlists, folders, or something (anything?) else?

I'd like to organize all of the podcasts to which I subscribe into playlists or folders or anything else on my Ipad (32GB w/ 3G, iOS 4.2.1). I've searched this forum, the Ipad manual, Itunes help, etc. without success.
Is there a way organize podcasts into something other than a straight list? And if so, how do I do it?
Thanks,
J.
p.s., Take it easy on me. This is my first post...

Like you, I want to play podcasts in a playlist which I have set up on my iPad. The playlist appears in iTunes, with the podcasts listed. But the playlist in the iPad is empty, in other words the podcasts are not available there. I have no problem listing podcasts themselves on the iPad. The problem is to get them into the playlist (which works OK on my iPlayer). Seems odd but there must be an easy answer. Someone, help please! Leskrob

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before I had to resort to bothering this forum with this question.
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Thanks very much.
You have reminded of the
difference between
Playlists and Playlist Folders:
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And can only drag Playlists into Playlist Folders.
I'm an older man, and easily confused by these things.
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