Playing podcasts

Hi,
I have a newly purchased iPod Classic 160G (just in time!) and am sure Podcasts are behaving differently.
On previous models I am sure that when you selected a podcast, it would play just the one selected episode, now it seems to play all podcasts in that subscription.
I Googled a lot of solutions for how people actually want this behaviour, but not the other way around!
So, am I going mad, or has this behaviour changed? If it has, how can I set it back?
I am definately playing podcasts by selecting "Podcasts" from the main menu, they are not in a playlist (which was one of the solutions I found on Google)
Hope you can help.
Thanks

Ah, an easy question!
You'll notice that the display says 1 of X (episodes) when you play the Podcast.
If you go to the Settings menu and select *shuffle Songs/Albums* it will cause the 160GB iPod to play one Podcast episode and then stop. While the episode is playing, you will see 1 of 1 in the display.
You may think I'm joking, but I'm not - and you are correct, it is different to other iPod models, in particular the 30GB video!
You can also choose the play-one-episode by choosing *shuffle song/albums* while a song is playing - that is by pressing the Select button (three times) until the shuffle option appears. Weird, but that's it! I've no idea why and I cannot find it documented anywhere.
However, play-one-episode _does not work if_ you are at the *Main Menu* with no song playing and you select *Shuffle Songs* . (I have removed the *Shuffle Songs* option from the main menu to stop me choosing it when I'm in a hurry!)
Perhaps (like me) you would really like the iPod to play the oldest episode first then onto newer ones. It doesn't and Apple don't seem to be in a hurry to offer the option, despite feedback. Maybe those who listen to one episode after another don't need date-order-playing! By the way - forget the Playlist suggestion, it will only annoy you!
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