Part of selected playlist playing when shuffled

I have a 5th generation iPod Nano. In my iTunes, I created a Smart playlist for all my podcasts. They are all checked and synced perfectly fine to my ipod. But when I select to shuffle on my ipod, it will only play like 48 or 53 of them, and then go back to the playlist screen. My question is: Why won't my ipod nano play all of a playlist when selected to shuffle?
Thanks to all,
MiKayla

Hello MiKayla A.
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
I would first figure out which podcasts are not being shuffled. Then for each of these podcasts, make sure the *Skip when Shuffling* option is not enabled for it from under the Options tab of its *Get Info* window in iTunes.
That's about all I have for suggestions though.
B-rock

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