Podcast synching

How do  I ensure that podcasts on mi iPad/iPhone will not be lost  when I synch with my computer?
The same items have not been downloaded to my several devices and podcast synch has not transferred various episodes to all my devices.
The podcasts are from a time limited source and cannot be downloaded again from the original source.
iTunes threatens that all information on a device will be REPLACED by information on a computer if one tries to synch/back-up using that computer.
It seems itunes does not merge podcast files.
Is this correct and is there a way to prevent podcast episodes being lost?

One thing I'm trying is to delete in itunes the first podcast it is stuck on (deleted not the episode, but the whole podcast).. perhaps it is corrupted.
So far this resulted in the sync finishing. I think I have found the solution.

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