Podcast Alternative with iTunes Sync???

Can anyone tell me if there is a alternative i can sync via iTunes?
I want to put my podcasts via itunes from my mac on my iphone - is this possible without the podcastapp???
What about instacast???
Thank you

I'm looking into Instacast as we speak: I don't think it can sync from iTunes, but you can buy an additional $20 app that lives on your computer, so you can have podcasts synced across your computer and iOS devices. However, I'm not sure if that $20 app has access to the normal audio on your computer - Airplay, for example.
But a good question - at first I thought iOS 7 / iTunes 11.1 had at least improved podcast sync capability, at the expense of, um, everything else, but now I'm losing podcast episodes and other things keep reappearing and I have no idea what's going on. It's starting to look like Apple has set up a Podcast system that ONLY works if you're using iOS devices only.

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