Playlists for Podcasts in iOS gone?

Since i updated to ios5, podcasts do not play continuousely in the background. Instead, in order to listen to a specific podcast subscription, i have to open the music app, choose the next podcast (although it's within the same "subscription"), and tap "play". Is there a solution to that problem. And no: i don't want to rearrange my Podcasts in separate playlists!!

There was a reply posted at https://discussions.apple.com/message/16402706#16402706 that might address this. The answer posted there was:
Under Settings, Audio & Video, set "Show Playlists" to "All", instead of "Music Only"
Hope this helps.

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I found the solution-- delete the preference files for iTunes and iPhoto and start over.

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When selecting 'playlists' from the music menu, it indicates "no playlists"; however, if I put "playlists" on the main menu, it indicates "1 playlist", but I can't use it.
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Based on what I've seen for podcasts, I don't think what you are trying to do will work if your podcasts are auto updated in the ipod.
When you subscribe to them they update in Itunes in the playlist for that podcast subscription. If you auto update the ipod, then the playlist in the ipod for the podcast will reflect as it is in itunes. If you do it manually, then you can create any type of playlist on the ipod and drag the podcast to it manually.

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You know how iTunes downloads multiple episodes in newest-to-oldest order? Well, that's how they show up in a smart playlist now.
And no, it's not a problem of sort order. I have tried every option related to sorting by name, artist, and album - nothing makes a difference.
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After more tinkering, I have figured out what's going on here, and I think there's a bug here.
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Since i installed podcast app, i cant add podcasts to my playlists.
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