Podcast show up on iPod uninvited

All my podcasts are copied to my iPod, if I set them to or not. Once on the iPod, they are not readily available. I have to dive into genres or playlist to find them.
Unlike all the other similar issue I read on here, if I set a podcast to sync, it works fine on the iPod, while podcasts set not to sync continue to take up space.
I just started dealing with podcasts, so I have no idea if this is a new issue. Any suggestions

I assume you mean Leonard Cohen Live from the Beacon Theatre, Feb 27. I've just downloaded it and it is now on my iPod, so this suggests it's not the Podcast itself.
Is this the first time you have added Podcasts? If so, it sounds as though you simply haven't carried out the correct steps in the correct order.
Also, what do you mean by "I checked sync selected"? If this is your first Podcast addition, do you mean/have you:
1. connected the iPod to iTunes
2. switched to the Podcasts pane and checked (put a tick-in-the-box) to *Sync /<XX> /episodes of /all podcasts* (or whichever episodes you want)
3. clicked the Sync button after steps 1 & 2?
You will only have to select these options for syncing Podcasts once, after that they will be as you want them at every Sync.
Phil

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